Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Nitric oxide signaling controls collective contractions in a colonial choanoflagellate
J. Reyes-Rivera, Y. Wu, B. G. H. Guthrie…·T. Brunet
This study shows that nitric oxide signaling via the sGC/cGMP pathway controls collective contractions in the colonial choanoflagellate Choanoeca flexa, similar to its role in early animals.
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.017