Molecular approaches towards an understanding of loading and unloading of assimilates in higher plants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 1199-1204

  Rentsch, Doris ^a   Frommer, Wolf B ^a,b  

^a Institut fur Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid transporters; Plasma membrane; Sugar transporters; Transgenic plants; Yeast expression cloning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000108513     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/47.special_issue.1199     Document Type: Article

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