title: Intercellular movement of transcription factors.
abstract: Intercellular communication by the direct trafficking of transcription factors has been reported in plant developmental events such as root radial or epidermal cell patterning and shoot organogenesis. Investigations of this novel communication system have just begun and have highlighted the structural requirements for and mechanisms of transcription factor movement. Early studies suggest that plants employ both targeted (selective) and non-targeted (non-selective) intercellular movement of transcription factors. Factors that affect the intercellular movement of transcription factors through plasmodesmata have been explored.
authors.affiliation: Plant Science Center, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Kanagawa 230-0045, and Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: Kiyotaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wada
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D021381:Protein Transport; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014157:Transcription Factors