Cell BiologybioRxivPreprint
Frictiotaxis underlies adhesion-independent durotaxis
A. Shellard, K. W. Weissenbruch, P. Hampshire…·R. Mayor
The paper shows cells can migrate towards stiffer substrates without strong adhesions, proposing a new mechanism called frictiotaxis based on friction gradients.
DOI 10.1101/2023.06.01.543217