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Chemokinesis, Chemotaxis and Galvanotaxis Dose-Response Curves and Signal Chains

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Biological Motion

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics ((LNBM,volume 89))

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The translational kinematics of cells in a polar field as electric field, concentration gradient, etc., can be described by two independent cellular responses: the speed and the direction of migration. It is shown that the speed can be described by a steerer (=controller without feedback) and the direction of migration by an automatic controller (=controller with feedback). The steerer and automatic controller can be regarded as the framework for the directed movement or growth and it can be applied even when the physico-chemical signals of the cell are unknown. The models are verified by data of human granulocytes.

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  1. Biophysics Department, University of Ulm, D 7900, Ulm, Germany

    Hans Gruler

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  1. Abteilung Theoretische Biologie, Universität Bonn, 5300, Bonn, Germany

    Wolfgang Alt

  2. Zoologisches Institut II, Universität Würzburg, 8700, Würzburg, Germany

    Gerhard Hoffmann

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Gruler, H. (1990). Chemokinesis, Chemotaxis and Galvanotaxis Dose-Response Curves and Signal Chains. In: Alt, W., Hoffmann, G. (eds) Biological Motion. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 89. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51664-1_28

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