chemotaxis
/kee-moh-tak-sis, kem-oh-/US // ˌki moʊˈtæk sɪs, ˌkɛm oʊ- //UK // (ˌkɛməʊˈtæksɪs) //
趋化性,趋化作用,趋光性,趋向性
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Biology.
- : oriented movement toward or away from a chemical stimulus.
Examples
Chemotaxis alone will not explain the continuance of leukocytosis for more than a short time.
Non-phagocytic leukocytosis is probably due more to stimulation of blood-making organs than to chemotaxis.
Pfeffer in 1883 discovered chemotaxis, the directive action of chemical substances on the movement of mobile organisms.
Chemotaxis means simply the effect of the presence of certain substances on vital organisms without specific chemical action.
In general, the response of the leukocytes to chemotaxis is a conservative process.
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