The fungal kingdom comprises a hyperdiverse clade of heterotrophic eukaryotes
characterized by the presence of a chitinous cell wall, the loss of phagotrophic capabilities …

Over 600 million years ago, animals evolved from a unicellular or colonial organism whose
cell (s) captured bacteria with a collar complex, a flagellum surrounded by a microvillar …

The centriole is an ancient microtubule-based organelle with a conserved nine-fold
symmetry. Centrioles form the core of centrosomes, which organize the interphase …

Motile cells have developed a variety of migration modes relying on diverse traction-force-
generation mechanisms. Before the behavior of intracellular components could be easily …

When crawling through the body, leukocytes often traverse tissues that are densely packed
with extracellular matrix and other cells, and this raises the question: How do leukocytes …

Ras homology (RHO) GTPases are signalling proteins that have crucial roles in triggering
multiple immune functions. Through their interactions with a broad range of effectors and …

All living cells interact dynamically with a constantly changing world. Eukaryotes, in
particular, evolved radically new ways to sense and react to their environment. These …

Leukocytes and other amoeboid cells change shape as they move, forming highly dynamic,
actin-filled pseudopods. Although we understand much about the architecture and dynamics …

Over the past decade, molecular phylogenetics has reshaped our understanding of the
fungal tree of life by unraveling a hitherto elusive diversity of the protistan relatives of Fungi …

Aphelids are little-known phagotrophic parasites of algae whose life cycle and morphology
resemble those of the parasitic rozellids (Cryptomycota, Rozellomycota). In previous …