Cell-to-cell and long-distance trafficking of the green fluorescent protein in the phloem and symplastic unloading of the protein into sink tissues

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-322

  Imlau, Astrid ^a   Truernit, Elisabeth ^a   Sauer, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0033101834     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.3.309     Document Type: Article

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