Featured Articles
Each month we showcase exciting new cell migration articles from the literature.
February 2009
Cell migration: Calcium flickers at the front
Standfirst
High-calcium microdomains (calcium flickers) that play a crucial role in the guidance of directional movement occur at the front of migrating fibroblasts.
Original research paper: Nature, published online 31 December (2008)
Migration and development: Lipids at heart
Standfirst
The zebrafish Spns2 transmembrane protein functions as a Sphingosine-1-phosphate transporter whose activity is required for myocardial precursor cell migration.
Original research paper: Science 323, 524-527 (2009)