title: Forcing contact inhibition of locomotion.
abstract: Contact inhibition of locomotion drives a variety of biological phenomenon, from cell dispersion to collective cell migration and cancer invasion. New imaging techniques have allowed contact inhibition of locomotion to be visualised in vivo for the first time, helping to elucidate some of the molecules and forces involved in this phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roycroft
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. Electronic address: r.mayor@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mayor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002465:Cell Movement; D003260:Contact Inhibition / Q000502:physiology*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian; D006434:Hemocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology*; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000196:embryology
keywords: actin; biomechanics; contact inhibition of locomotion; forces; repulsion