Related Experiment Videos
Dispatch. Intercellular signaling: an elusive player steps forth
1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road., Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA. jacksond@cshl.edu
Current Biology : CB
|May 3, 2003
Abstract:
Plasmodesmata play a central role in cell-to-cell communication in plants, allowing transport of regulatory proteins and mRNAs. A recent study has identified a specific protein that regulates the intercellular transport of macromolecules in plants, known as non-cell autonomous pathway protein 1.