This manuscript uses a statistical-mechanical approach to study the effect of the adhesion, caused by the modifier of cell adhesion (MOCA) protein on cell locomotion. The MOCA protein regulates cell–cell adhesion, and we explore its potential role in cell movement. We present a series of...

We study the center of mass motion of single endodermal Hydra cells in two kinds of cellular aggregates: endodermal and ectodermal. The mean square displacement displays anomalous super-diffusion with 〈x2〉∼tα where α1. The velocity distribution function is non-Gaussian and fits well the...