On the selectivity, specificity and signalling potential of the long-distance movement of messenger RNA.

Messenger RNA (mRNA) can move through the vascular system in plants. Until recently the transport of mRNA had been demonstrated only for a few well-documented cases, leading to the suggestion that transport was selective and specific. The extent of this long-distance transport has now been shown to be on the genomic scale with thousands of transcripts covering broad regions of gene ontological space. In light of this recent data, I revisit proposed mechanisms of transport of mRNA and critically assess their potential role in signalling.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Current opinion in plant biology

• Publication date

  2018-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.pbi.2017.11.001PMID 29220690
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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