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. 2004 Aug;23(1-2):99-103.
doi: 10.1007/s00299-004-0780-4. Epub 2004 Jun 24.

Uncapped mRNA introduced into tobacco protoplasts can be imported into the nucleus and is trapped by leptomycin B

Rogier Stuger  1 , Christoph Forreiter
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Uncapped mRNA introduced into tobacco protoplasts can be imported into the nucleus and is trapped by leptomycin B

Rogier Stuger et al. Plant Cell Rep. 2004 Aug.

Abstract

The mechanism of nuclear export of RNAs in yeast and animal cells is rapidly being uncovered, but RNA export in plants has received little attention. We introduced capped and uncapped fluorescent mRNAs into tobacco (Nicotiana plumbaginifolia) protoplasts and studied their cellular localization. Following insertion, capped transcripts were found in the cytoplasm, while uncapped messengers transiently appeared in the nucleus in about one-quarter to one-third of the cells. These mRNAs were trapped by the nuclear export-inhibiting drug leptomycin B, pointing to an export mechanism in plants similar to Rev-NES-mediated RNP export in other organisms.

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