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The activity of plasmodesmata are linked to physiological and developmental processes within plants. There is a hormone signaling pathway that relays primary cellular signals via the plasmodesmata. There are also patterns of environmental, physiological, and developmental cues that show relation to plasmodesmata function.
Plasmodesmata function can regulate the stability of MP-vNA complexes which are formed for viruses to be transported via the movement protein. Phosphorylation during the tobacco mosaic virus-MP-vRNA transport could be responsible for playing a role in regulating the degree of infectivity of the virus.
A desmotubule is an endomembrane derived structure of the plasmodesmata that connects the endoplasmic reticulum of two adjacent plant cells. [1] [2] The desmotubule is not actually a tubule but a compact, cylindrical segment of the ER that is found within the larger tubule structure of the plasmodesmata pore. [3]
In multicellular plants, the structural functions of cell junctions are instead provided for by cell walls. The analogues of communicative cell junctions in plants are called plasmodesmata . Anchoring junctions
Cell walls perform many essential functions. They provide shape to form the tissue and organs of the plant, and play an important role in intercellular communication and plant-microbe interactions. [1] The cell wall is flexible during growth and has small pores called plasmodesmata that allow the exchange of nutrients and hormones between cells ...
Symplastic transport was first realized by Eduard Tangl in 1879, who also discovered plasmodesmata, [2] a term coined by Eduard Strasburger, 1901. [3] [4] In 1880, Hanstein coined the term symplast. [5] The contrasting terms apoplast and symplast were used together in 1930 by Münch. [6] [7]
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Plasmodesma allowing the symplast pathway Plant cells usually have thick cell walls which need to be crossed if neighboring cells are to communicate directly. Plasmodesmata form a pipe through the cell wall forming an ICC.