Hypoxia triggers collective aerotactic migration in Dictyostelium discoideum
O. Cochet-Escartin, M. Demircigil, S. Hirose, B. Allais, P. Gonzalo, I. Mikaelian, V. Calvez, K. Funamoto, C. Anjard, J.-P. Rieu
This study shows that Dictyostelium discoideum exhibits aerotactic migration under hypoxia, forming a dense ring through cell division and aerotaxis without cell-cell communication.
bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2020Biophysics