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Cell-Cell Movements of Transcription Factors in Plants

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In the last few years, the intercellular trafficking of regulatory proteins has emerged as a novel mechanism of cell-to-cell communication in plant development. Here I present a review of the documented cases of transcription factors movement in plants and examine the common themes underlying these different examples.

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  1. Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute of Developmental Biology, 37-39 Spemannstrass, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany

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Maizel, A. (2006). Cell-Cell Movements of Transcription Factors in Plants. In: Cell-Cell Channels. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-46957-7_12

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