A three-dimensional RNA motif mediates directional trafficking of Potato spindle tuber viroid from epidermal to palisade mesophyll cells in Nicotiana benthamiana

• Jian Wu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, Infectious Diseases Institute, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Neocles B. Leontis,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3521-5119

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• Craig L. Zirbel,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3281-918X

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• David M. Bisaro ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bisaro.1@osu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, Infectious Diseases Institute, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6765-0548

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• Biao Ding †

  † Deceased.

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, Infectious Diseases Institute, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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