title: Opening up the communication channels: recent insights into plasmodesmal function.
abstract: The past year has seen significant advances in our understanding of the function and regulation of plasmodesmata. Notably, we have learned that plasmodesmata undergo dynamic changes during development and may participate in long-range communication through the transmission of RNA signals. Biochemical studies have enriched our understanding of a putative plasmodesmal receptor and of plant factors involved in viral cell-to-cell movement.
authors.affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York 11724, USA. jacksond@cshl.org
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authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000378:metabolism*; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D018749:RNA, Plant