Eukaryotic chemotaxis: a network of signaling pathways controls motility, directional sensing, and polarity.

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Published in Annu Rev Biophys on January 01, 2010

Authors

Kristen F Swaney1, Chuan-Hsiang Huang, Peter N Devreotes

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1: Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

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