A unicellular relative of animals generates an epithelium-like cell layer by actomyosin-dependent cellularization
O. Dudin, A. Ondracka, X. Grau-Bove, A. A.B. Haraldsen, A. Toyoda, H. Suga, J. Brate, 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.
bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2019Evolutionary Biology