Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
A unicellular relative of animals generates an epithelium-like cell layer by actomyosin-dependent cellularization
O. Dudin, A. Ondracka, X. Grau-Bove…·I. Ruiz-Trillo
The paper studies cellularization in Sphaeroforma arctica, showing it forms an epithelium-like layer via actomyosin-dependent membrane invaginations and regulated gene activation.
DOI 10.7554/elife.49801