文件名称：Patterning a chemotactic response
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Patterning a chemotactic response Patterning a chemotactic response Sir, In a recent review in BioEssays(1), Firtel and Chung reviewed the molecular basis of chemotaxis in Dictylostelium. To explain the high sensitivity observed in this system, the authors propose a mechanism of ``lateral pseudopod inhibi- tion''. Indeed, it is well-established that, in conjunction with local self-amplification, lateral inhibition can lead to pattern formation.(2) A cell with such an internal patternin