ea0084ps1-04-34 | Thyroid Hormone Transporters and Development | ETA2022
Meima Marcel
, Schaap Pauline
, Edward Visser W.
Background: Conservation of genes involved in TH transport, metabolism and action can reveal clues about the origins of TH signaling. A deiodinase homologue (DdDio) was previously identified in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum (Singh, 2014). Dictyostelium cells live as single cell amoebae in soil where they feed on bacteria. However, upon starvation a developmental program is initiated that results in the formation of a multicellular fruiti...