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A method to select cell populations with enhanced chemotatic activity

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Virus-transformed and tumor ceils often show a higher chemotactic activity in comparison to normal cells. Here we show that the blind-well chamber assay is an easy and rapid procedure to select cell populations with enhanced chemotactic activity. Collagen-type-specific antibodies have been applied to analyze the efficiency of cell sorting by the chemotaxis assay.

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  1. Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy

    Adriana Albini & Silvio Parodi

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, 8033, Martinsried, West Germany

    Peter K. Müller

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  1. Adriana Albini
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Albini, A., Müller, P.K. & Parodi, S. A method to select cell populations with enhanced chemotatic activity. Biosci Rep 4, 311–318 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01140494

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