Featured Articles
Each month we showcase exciting new cell migration articles from the literature. Access to featured primary research articles from journals in the Nature family is free for three months.
May 2007
Parallel ways to go in one direction
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A new signalling pathway that functions in parallel with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) to regulate chemotaxis has been identified in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum.
Original research paper: Dev. Cell 12, 603-614 (2007)
A front to back wave to turn round
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Long-range signalling between the growth cone and the soma triggers neuronal migration reversal induced by Slit-2.
Original research paper: Cell 129, 385-395 (2007)