Amoebae locomotion

Fukui, Y., Lynch, T.J., Brzeska, H., Korn, E.D. (1989). Myosin 1 is located at the leading edges of locomoting Dictyostelium amoebae. Nature 341, 328-331. 

The Locomotion of Amoeba The Locomotion of Fibroblastic Cell Types The Locomotion of Leukocytes The Behavior of Locomoting Cells The Role of the Cytoskeleton in Cell Locomotion The Microtubule-Based Cytoskeleton The Intermediate Filament-Based Cytoskeleton The Microfilament-Based Cytoskeleton The Organization of Microfilaments in Cells Microfilament Dynamics and Cell Locomotion Sites of Lamellar Protrusion May Be Determined by the Nucleation of Actin Polymerization... 

Dictyostelium discoideum is a cellular slime mold, an amoeba. It is a preferred object for the study of cell locomotion, chemotaxis and differentiation. 

Omari K Blood 2001 117 2145-2154 Matthews JM et al Nat Rev Cancer 2013 13 111-122 Smith S et al PLoS One 9(l) e85883). The amoeba and the amoeboid cancer cells use LIM domain proteins for their locomotion (Guetta D et al PLxiS One 2010 5(12) el5249). Additional information in the Appendix 1. 

Biological Applications Glycoconjugates assay hyaluronic acid assay hybridization assay cell agglutio-nation detecting humic acid, detecting pancreatic B-granules locomotion of amoeba, " quantitative deter-mination of glycosaminoglycans, ... 

Oshima, N. Takeda, F. Ishii, K. Effects of chemical substances on rate of locomotion in the amoeba Mayorella penardi. J. Protozool 1985, 32, 509-512. 

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