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ReviewPlant molecular biology1996

Plasmodesmal cell-to-cell transport of proteins and nucleic acids.

L A Mezitt, W J Lucas

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Review in Plant molecular biology, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

L A MezittSection of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
W J Lucas

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complexity associated with post-translational processing, in terms of protein sorting and delivery is now well understood. Although such studies have been focused almost exclusively on the fate of proteins within the cell in which they are synthesized, recent studies indicate that it is time to broaden this focus to incorporate the concept of intercellular targeting of proteins. Direct evidence is now available that viral and endogenous proteins can be synthesized in a particular cell and subsequently transported into neighboring (or more distant) cells. Plasmodesmata, plasma membrane-lined cytoplasmic pores, are thought to establish the intercellular pathway responsible for this cell-to-cell trafficking of macromolecules (proteins and nucleic acids). These recent findings establish a new paradigm for understanding the manner in which higher plants exert control over developmental processes. We discuss the concept that programming of plant development involves supracellular control achieved by plasmodesmal trafficking of informational molecules, herein defined as supracellular control proteins (SCPs). This novel concept may explain why, in plants, cell fate is determined by position rather than cell lineage. Finally, the circulation of long-distance SCPs, within the phloem, may provide the mechanism by which the plant signals to the shoot apical meristem that it is time to switch to the reproductive phase of its development.

Indexed as

Biological TransportCell MembraneGenes, PlantNucleic Acid ConformationPlant ProteinsViral ProteinsPlant ProteinsViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID8980482

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