Plasmodesmata: Intercellular tunnels facilitating transport of macromolecules in plants

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 352, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-58

  Kragler, Friedrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Homeodomain protein; Intercellular transport; Nanotubes; Plants; Plasmodesmata

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

CELL FATE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PLANT METABOLISM; PLASMODESMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOPLAST; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPLAST; TUNNELING NANOTUBE; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VIROID;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMMUNICATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; PLANT CELLS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLASMODESMATA;

ANIMALIA; VIROIDS;

EID: 84875272896     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-012-1550-1     Document Type: Review

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