The phrase "a mode of migration" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a specific method or way in which migration occurs, often in discussions about human movement or animal migration patterns.
Example: "The study focused on a mode of migration that involved seasonal movements in search of food and better living conditions."
Alternatives: "a method of migration" or "a form of migration".
In the embryo, cells have been observed to move collectively in vortices using a mode of collective migration known as coherent angular motion (CAM).
Furthermore, a "collective mode" of migration that requires the interaction between migrating facial BMNs themselves and is independent of PCP proteins has been suggested to work together with PCP-dependent mechanisms to drive directed migration of facial BMNs in vivo (Walsh et al., 2011).
However, MEFvin −/− cells without vinculin behaved differently, in that they exhibited an unpolarized mode of migration with a high turnover of adhesion sites associated with filopodial structures, as was reported previously [ 30] (Movie S6).
Loss of Stat3 expression in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) drives increased Rac1 activity, and this promotes a random mode of migration by reducing directional persistence and formation of actin stress fibers [34].
Similarly, loss of STAT3 expression results in a random mode of migration, while STAT3 modulates Rac1 activity to maintain directional persistence during migration [ 65].
Neuroblasts of the RMS are proliferative and display a specific mode of migration, which has been described as "homophilic chain migration" (Lois et al., 1996; Doetsch and Alvarez-Buylla, 1996; Wichterle et al., 1997).
Tumor cells that exhibit an amoeboid mode of migration usually show a rounded shape in 3 D substrates.
Furthermore, our chimeric analyses revealed that FBM neurons have an alternative, collective mode of migration that requires interactions between migrating FBM neurons themselves and occurs independently of Nhsl1b or PCP proteins in the migrating neurons.
Directional collective migration is now a widely recognized mode of migration during embryogenesis and cancer.
