Intercellular Trafficking of Homeodomain Proteins

Kim, Seon-Won, Moon, Jun-Yeon, Jung, Jin-Hee, Chen, Xiongyan, Shi, Chunlin, Rim, Yeong-Gil, Kwon, Hey-Jin, Jackson, David, Datla, Raju, Joliot, Alain, Kim, Jae-Yean (2005) Intercellular Trafficking of Homeodomain Proteins. The Plant Pathology Journal, 21 (1). pp. 21-26.

Abstract

Homeotic proteins have pivotal roles during the development of both plant and animals. Many homeotic proteins exert control over cell fate in cells where their genes are not expressed, i.e., in a non-cell autonomous manner. Cell-to-cell communication, which delivers critical information for position-dependent specification of cell fate, is an essential biological process in multicellular organisms. In plants, there are two pathways for intercellular communication that have been identified: the ligand/receptor-mediated apoplastic pathway and the plasmodesmata-mediated symplasmic pathway. Regulatory proteins and RNAs traffic symplasmically via plasmodesmata and play a critical role in intercellular communication. Thus, the non-cell autonomous function of homeotic proteins can be explained by the recent discovery of cell-to-cell trafficking of proteins or RNAs. This article specifically focuses on understanding the intercellular movement of homeodomain proteins, a family of homeotic proteins.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > homeodomain protein
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > transport > protein transport
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > transport
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Communities: CSHL labs > Jackson lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 2005
Date Deposited: 12 May 2014 15:40
Last Modified: 12 May 2014 15:40
URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/30041

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