BOTANY: An RNA-Based Information Superhighway in Plants

作者: R. A. Jorgensen

DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.279.5356.1486

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摘要: In their commentary, Jorgensen et al . propose that plants contain a mechanism designed to transfer information over long distances--similar in function an animal9s bloodstream or nervous system. The authors integrate recent work on phenomenon called "cosupression," which introduced genes can suppress expression of the plant9s own genes, with other research how resist viral infections and suggest information-carrying molecules (likely RNAs) move through plant tubes (phloem) regulate cell physiology at distance.

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