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The Neck Region of Plasmodesmata: General Architecture and Some Functional Aspects

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Parallels in Cell to Cell Junctions in Plants and Animals

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For more than 100 years plasmodesmata have been known as fine channels, of a cytoplasmic nature, that connect neighbouring plant cells through the prominent and rigid carbohydrate walls that separate the cells (Tangl 1879). However, our understanding of the structure and function of plasmodesmata is surprisingly poor compared with their anticipated major roles in intercellular communication between plant cells, i.e. the symplastic transport of water and solutes as well as the channelling of biophysical and biochemical signals from cell to cell (Gunning and Robards 1976a).

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  1. Biotechnology Research Division, Danisco A/S, 1 Langebrogade, DK-1001, Copenhagen K, Denmark

    P. Olesen

  2. Institute for Applied Biology, The University of York, York, YO1 5DD, England

    A. W. Robards

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  1. Institute for Applied Biology, The University of York, Y01 5DD, York, UK

    A. W. Robards

  2. Department of Botany, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

    W. J. Lucas

  3. Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Wolfson Laboratory for Molecular Pathology, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, G61 1BD, Bearsden, Glasgow, UK

    J. D. Pitts

  4. Department of Physiology, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    H. J. Jongsma

  5. Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, 1300 Morris Park Ave, 10461, Bronx, NY, USA

    D. C. Spray

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Olesen, P., Robards, A.W. (1990). The Neck Region of Plasmodesmata: General Architecture and Some Functional Aspects. In: Robards, A.W., Lucas, W.J., Pitts, J.D., Jongsma, H.J., Spray, D.C. (eds) Parallels in Cell to Cell Junctions in Plants and Animals. NATO ASI Series, vol 46. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83971-9_11

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