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Vicki Deng

University of California, San Francisco

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Cell differentiation controls iron assimilation in a choanoflagellate

Fredrick Leon, Jesus M. Espinoza-Esparza, Vicki Deng, Maxwell C. Coyle, Sarah G. Espinoza, David Scott Booth

The paper shows that cell differentiation in choanoflagellates enables iron acquisition through a cytochrome b561 gene, linking cell type specialization to ecological iron cycling.

mSphere · Feb 26, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology