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SUBMITTER: Cornillon S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2547077 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eukaryotic cell 20080801 9
Molecular mechanisms ensuring cellular adhesion have been studied in detail in Dictyostelium amoebae, but little is known about the regulation of cellular adhesion in these cells. Here, we show that cellular adhesion is regulated in Dictyostelium, notably by the concentration of a cellular secreted factor accumulating in the medium. This constitutes a quorum-sensing mechanism allowing coordinated regulation of cellular adhesion in a Dictyostelium population. In order to understand the mechanism ...[more]