Viral Transport in Plants

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Waigmann, Elisabeth (Editor), Heinlein, Manfred (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Plant Cell Monographs, 7
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant pathology.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Biochemistry.; Cell Biology.; Plant Pathology.; Plant Physiology.

Intercellular communication in plants plays pivotal roles in coordination and control of development and defence responses and involves the trafficking of RNA and protein macromolecules through cytoplasmic cell wall channels termed plasmodesmata. Viruses pirate this existing macromolecular transport...