Evolution: NO signaling at the stem of animal life.

Nitric oxide (NO), an ancient gaseous signaling molecule, regulates several physiological processes across the kingdoms. A new study describes how NO controls collective cell contractions in the closest animal relatives, the choanoflagellates, to switch from feeding to swimming away. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Salvatore D'Aniello. Evolution: NO signaling at the stem of animal life. Current biology : CB. 2022 Jun 06;32(11):R530-R532

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