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Cells organize many of their biochemical reactions in non-membrane compartments. Recent evidence has shown that many of these compartments are liquids that form by phase separation from the cytoplasm. Here we discuss the basic physical concepts necessary ...Read More

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BiologyChemotaxisCytoplasmDictyosteliumDictyostelium discoideumCell biologyFocus (optics)MycetozoaBiochemistryReceptorGenePhysics

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1989 Annual Review of Cell Biology 466 citations

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1988
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review
Volume
4
Issue
1
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649-686
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625
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Peter N. Devreotes, Sally H. Zigmond (1988). Chemotaxis in Eukaryotic Cells: A Focus on Leukocytes and <i>Dictyostelium</i>. Annual Review of Cell Biology , 4 (1) , 649-686. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.cb.04.110188.003245

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