Plasmodesmata: A new frontier for membrane contact site intercellular communication
Membrane contact sites (MCSs) serve a critical role in intracellular communication, particularly between organelle membranes, enabling direct molecular transfer. Less clear is the role MCSs play in intercellular communication. New evidence from Pérez-Sancho et al. implicates plasmodesmata in this function and their endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane (ER-PM) MCSs. Unique to land plants and some green algae […]