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Nature 404, 135-137 (9 March 2000) | doi:10.1038/35004693
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- Wildlife Conservation Society
- Congo Republic
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- University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation
- Cincinnati, OH
Cell biology: Moving in mysterious ways
Alison M. Condliffe1 & Phillip T. Hawkins
In their mission to engulf and destroy invading microorganisms, certain white blood cells (leukocytes) must leave the blood stream and migrate to the sites of infection. Such cells track their targets by following increasing concentrations of chemoattractant molecules — chemotactic gradients — until at higher concentrations the engulfment response comes into operation.
- Alison M. Condliffe is in the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge Clinical Medical School, Addenbrookes and Papworth Hospitals, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK.
Correspondence to: Phillip T. Hawkins Phillip T. Hawkins is at The Babraham Institute,
Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK.
e-mail: Email:
phillip.hawkins@bbsrc.ac.uk
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