Sucrose phosphate synthase expression at the cell and tissue level is coordinated with sucrose sink-to-source transitions in maize leaf

Plant Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1021-1029

  Cheng, Wan Hsing ^a   Im, Kyung H ^b   Chourey, Prem S ^a,b,c  

^a Horticultural Sciences Department   (United States)

^b Department of Plant Pathology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0029802035     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.4.1021     Document Type: Article

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