Nitric oxide signaling controls collective contractions in a colonial choanoflagellate
J. Reyes-Rivera, Y. Wu, B. G. H. Guthrie, M. A. Marletta, N. King, 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.
bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2022Evolutionary Biology