chemotaxis
pronunciation
How to pronounce chemotaxis in British English:
UK [kemə'tæksɪs]
How to pronounce chemotaxis in American English:
US [ˌkemoʊ'tæksɪs]
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- Noun:
- movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus
Word Origin
- chemotaxis (n.)
- 1891, coined in German, 1888, by German botanist Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845-1920) from chemo- + Greek taxis "arrangement" (see tactics).
Example
- 1. Molecular mechanism of amoeboid chemotaxis and cancer invasion .
- 2. The influence of monomer protocatechualdehyde on chemotaxis wandering ability of monocyte of patient with blood stasis symptom .
- 3. The mechanism of bacterial chemotaxis , chemotactic locomotion of bacterial population and individual cell , and the related experimental methods are reviewed in this paper .
- 4. Chemotaxis is the directed movements of cells in response to a concentration gradient of a chemical attractant or repellent , which is important in a number of theoretical and practical fields .
- 5. This sperm navigation system might be used by other species , the authors suggest , and their experimental tool provides a template for future studies of chemotaxis in other species , including humans .