STING mediates immune responses in the closest living relatives of animals
A. Woznica, A. Kumar, C. R. Sturge, C. Xing, N. King, J. K. Pfeiffer
This study shows that STING mediates antibacterial immunity in the choanoflagellate M. brevicollis, a close relative of animals, and identifies its role in pathogen sensing and autophagy.
bioRxiv · May 13, 2021Microbiology