Extracellular Vacuole-derived bodies (EVacs) mediate RNA secretion in plants
Lucía Borniego, Meenu Singla‐Rastogi, Megha Hastantram Sampangi-Ramaiah, Ang‐Yu Liu, Giovanni González-Gutiérrez, Sarah J. Cox‐Vázquez, Chi-Tam Vo, Akihito Fukudome, Ricardo Javier Vázquez, Blake C. Meyers, Patricia Baldrich, Roger W. Innes
The paper identifies EVacs as vacuole-derived structures that mediate RNA secretion in plants by encapsulating and releasing cytoplasmic RNA and proteins into the apoplast.
bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology