Cell motility: Bioelectrical control of behavior without neurons

Curr Biol. 2024 Feb 26;34(4):R137-R140. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.019.ABSTRACTSingle cells are capable of remarkably sophisticated, sometimes animal-like, behaviors. New work demonstrates bioelectric control of motility through the differential regulation of appendage movements in a unicellular organism that walks across surfaces using leg-like bundles of cilia.PMID:38412821 | DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.019

Source: Current Biology - February 27, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Ben T Larson Wallace F Marshall Source Type: research