[S06] Metazoan Cell-cell Junctions: Molecules, Structures, Mechanics, and Evolution

[S06-06] The origin of cell adhesion and communication: a view from unicellular holozoans

*Hiroshi Suga¹, Mitsuhiro Fukuhara¹, Takaaki Kai¹, Katsutoshi Aono¹, Naoto Kunimura¹, Seitaro Denbo¹, Kojiro Tokiyasu¹, Hiroaki Konishi¹, Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo² (1. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Japan, 2. Institute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC-UPF, Spain)

Keywords:Origin of Multicellularity, Unicellular holozoans, Tyrosine Kinase, Laminin