Browsing by Subject "Dictyostelium"
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(2013-02-04)Cellular movement in response to a chemical gradient, known as chemotaxis, is a critical behavior in many developmental and pathological processes such as embryo development and cancer metastasis. This cell movement can ...
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Phosphorus is an atom taken up by cells as inorganic phosphate (Pi). The mechanism behind how cells measure cellular Pi levels is not well understood. SPX domains are positively charged helical bundles located at the ...
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(2022-09-28)Chemorepulsion is the movement of cells away from a chemical signal and is a fundamental process in developmental biology and immune responses. The ability to manipulate chemorepulsion could lead to new therapeutics for ...
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(2015-09-23)Cancer is a collection of diseases that display abnormal cell proliferation with the potential to spread throughout the body. Much remains to be understood about the regulation of cell proliferation. Regulation of proliferation ...
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(2014-06-05)The work in this dissertation links two diseases through a protein secreted by Dictyostelium discoideum cells. The protein, AprA, inhibits cell proliferation and induces chemorepulsion (movement away) of Dictyostelium ...