title: Cell Migration: Recoiling from an Embrace.
abstract: For proper spacing or rapid dispersion, some migratory cells are guided by repulsive collisions with their neighbors. A new study reveals that a surprising intercellular coupling of leading edge actin networks forms the basis of mutual repulsion in Drosophila hemocytes.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
authors.forename: Miriam A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Genuth
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Electronic address: orion.weiner@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Orion D
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Weiner
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology; D006434:Hemocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000502:physiology*; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D000199:Actins