Interaction between sieve element and companion cell and the consequences for photoassimilate distribution. Two structural hardware frames with associated physiological software packages in dicotyledons?

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 1129-1140

  Van Bel, Aart J E ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoplasmic loading; Phloem transport; Plasmodesmata; Sieve element companion cell complex; Symplasmic loading

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001277633     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/47.special_issue.1129     Document Type: Article

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