Medical Definition of Haptotaxis
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| Strictly speaking, a directed response of cells in a gradient of adhesion, but often loosely applied to situations where an adhesion gradient is thought to exist and local trapping of cells seems to occur.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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