title: Attractive guidance: how the chemokine SDF1/CXCL12 guides different cells to different locations.
abstract: During the development and adult life of multicellular organisms cells move from one location to another as they assemble into organs, seal a wound or fight pathogens. For navigation, migrating cells follow cues that guide them to their final position. Frequently, a single cue simultaneously guides different cells to different positions. Recent studies of one such cue-the chemokine SDF1-suggest strategies for how the animal achieves this task without causing erroneous migration.
authors.affiliation: Developmental Genetics Program, Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lewellis
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Knaut
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D054377:Chemokine CXCL12 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D054377:Chemokine CXCL12; D035683:MicroRNAs