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Some plant cells package up messenger RNAs, wrap them in lipid bubbles & deliver them to invading fungal pathogens. The pathogen translates the plant mRNAs into proteins that harm the pathogen. In other words, plants use "information warfare," via mRNAs, to quell invaders.

Some plant cells package up messenger RNAs, wrap them in lipid bubbles & deliver them to invading fungal pathogens. The pathogen translates the plant mRNAs into proteins that harm the pathogen. In other words, plants use "information warfare," via mRNAs, to quell invaders.