The Arabidopsis thaliana AtSUC2 gene is specifically expressed in companion cells

Botanica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-306

  Stadler, R ^a   Sauer, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; companion cell; immunolocalization; sucrose transport

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0029821013     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00577.x     Document Type: Article

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