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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: Wiley Interdiscip Rev Syst Biol Med. 2009;1(1):141–149. doi: 10.1002/wsbm.28

Table 2.

Basic quantities for cells in buffer (basic motility) and in a spatial gradient (chemotaxis)

Experimental
condition
Instantaneous
velocity
Frequency of
pseudopod formation
Directional
change
Basic motility 11±3 µm/min 5±1/10min 50°±5°/min
Chemotaxis 11±3 µm/min 2±1/10min 20°±10°/min