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ArticlePNAS nexus2026

Nanotubes enable intercellular communication in early-branching eukaryotes.

Harikumar R Suma, Robert R Kay, Sandeep M Eswarappa, Pierre Stallforth

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Harikumar R SumaDepartment of Paleobiotechnology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Leibniz-HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Thuringia, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6670-2764
Robert R KayLaboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council, Francis Crick Avenue, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9836-7967
Sandeep M EswarappaDepartment of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, Karnataka, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7903-5198
Pierre StallforthDepartment of Paleobiotechnology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Leibniz-HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Thuringia, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7260-9921

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social amoebae, despite being unicellular organisms, exhibit multicellular phenotypes that require well-tuned inter- and intracellular communication modes. The social amoeba

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actinamoebaeDictyostelium discoideummembrane continuitymulticellularitysupercellularitytunneling nanotube

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PMCPMC13410376

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