Companion cell-specific inhibition of the potato sucrose transporter SUT1

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1115-1123

  Kuhn C ^a   Quick, W P ^b   Schulz, A ^c   Riesmeier, J W ^a   Sonnewald, U ^d   Frommer, W B ^a,e  

^a Inst F Genbiologische Forschung   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

apoplastic phloem loading; proton cotransport; rolC promoter; sink to source transition; Solanum tuberosum L.

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030512198     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00426.x     Document Type: Article

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