title: How to assess the intercellular trafficking of transcription factors.
abstract: Non-cell-autonomous (NCA) control of plant development is an emerging field. Transcription factors (TFs) are the most important plant proteins involved in development and cell fate determination. In plants specialized intercellular symplastic channels, called plasmodesmata (PD), facilitate and regulate the NCA action of TFs. NCA-TFs move from cell to cell either selectively or non-selectively depending upon the specific interactions with PD or the pathway proteins. Here we describe different approaches to establish the role of TFs in NCA control of its function and the characteristic movement behavior.
authors: Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 program), Environmental Biotechnology National Core Research Center, Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center (PMBBRC), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea. munawar.ahmad@gmail.com
authors: Munawar
authors: M
authors: Ahmad
authors: Won Kyong
authors: WK
authors: Cho
authors: Yeonggil
authors: Y
authors: Rim
authors: Lijun
authors: L
authors: Huang
authors: Jae-Yean
authors: JY
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D016153:Genes, Suppressor; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D031425:Plasmodesmata / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors