Disaggregation of dictyostelium discoideum cells incubated on immobilized sugars involves negative chemotaxis.
The motion of Dictyostelium discoideum cells during the aggregation-disaggregation process which takes place on polyacrylamide gels containing covalently bound glucosides was analyzed by directional statistics. The analyzed data suggest that negative chemotaxis is involved in the disaggregation.
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D002241:Carbohydrates; D002449:Cell Aggregation; D002475:Cellobiose; D002633:Chemotaxis; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D002241:Carbohydrates; C016680:polyacrylamide gels; D002475:Cellobiose