Plasmodesmata are channels that allow cell-cell communication in plants; based on the functional similarities between facilitated transport within plasmodesmata and into the nucleus, the authors ...

This study is led by Professor Zhichang Chen (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China). The authors employed the symplastic movement tracer carboxyfluorescein diacetate ...

One of the most fundamental differences between animal and plant cells is the cell wall—a rigid structure surrounding the plant cells. The cell wall provides strength and structural support, but it ...

In WT, PDLP7 interacts with BG10 through its GnK2-1 domain to restrict BG10 from hydrolyzing callose. Free callose in the cell wall is deposited at the PD neck to maintain a dynamically balanced ...

Traffic lights signal to cars and buses when to stop, slow and go. Much like traffic lights, plant cells send signals to each other to perform photosynthesis to grow or fight off destructive viruses ...

Abstract: Molecular Communication (MC) studies the transport of information encoded in signaling molecules. To date, its application field is mainly restrained to health-related uses. However, MC in ...

Longstanding theories of how plants rely on calcium waves to respond systemically to wounding and other stresses have been given fresh perspective. Longstanding theories of how plants rely on calcium ...

In this Frontiers Research Topic, readers will find a collection of research articles, mini-reviews, and opinion papers that focus on new findings and progress regarding plasmodesmata in the context ...

1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China 2 Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product ...

More than a decade ago, plant geneticists noticed something peculiar when they looked at grafted plants. Where two plants grew together, the cells of each plant showed signs of having picked up ...