Living cells communicate: electrons (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, January 07, 2014, 15:03 (3975 days ago) @ David Turell

Cells also communicate by extending tubules much like nerves with synapses:-"It's long been known that neurons communicate in a similar way -- by transferring signals at points of contact called synapses, and transmitting the response over long distances in long tubes called axons," said Kornberg. "However, it's always been thought that this mode of signaling was unique to neurons. We have now shown that many types of animal cells have the same ability to reach out and synapse with one another in order to communicate, using signaling proteins as units of information instead of the neurotransmitters and electrical impulses that neurons use."-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140102142014.htm-As always, I wonder how this could develop through evolution. Cells certainly need this type of communication. Perhaps they followed instructions in the information they contained in their genomes.