Chemokinesis is chemically prompted kinesis, a motile response of unicellular prokaryotic or eukaryotic organisms to chemicals that cause the cell to make some kind of change in their migratory/swimming behaviour. Changes involve an increase or decrease of speed, alterations of amplitude or frequency of motile character, or direction of migration....
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A response by a motile cell to a soluble chemical that involves an increase or decrease in speed (positive or negative orthokinesis) or of frequency of movement or a change in the frequency or magnitude of turning behaviour (klinokinesis). ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(ke″mo-kĭ-ne´sis) increased nondirectional activity of cells due to presence of a chemical substance, as opposed to the oriented movement of chemotaxis.
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A response by a motile cell to a soluble chemical that involves an increase or decrease in speed (positive or negative orthokinesis) or of frequency of movement, or a change in the frequency or magnitude of turning behaviour (klinokinesis).
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kē′mō-ki-nē′sis Definitions: 1. Stimulation of an organism by a chemical.
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Chemokinesis : The response of a cell to a chemical that causes the cell to make some kind of change in its movement by speeding it up, slowing it down or changing its direction. The molecules that achieve these results are called chemokines.
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chemokinesis, chemokinetic 1. In immunology, an increased random migratory activity of cells produced by a chemical agent. 2. A change of linear or angular velocity in response to a chemical stimulus.
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increased activity of an organism due to a chemical substance.
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