Sugar transporters in higher plants - A diversity of roles and complex regulation

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 283-290

  Williams, Lorraine E ^a   Lemoine, Remi ^b   Sauer, Norbert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ESA CNRS 6161   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARRIER PROTEIN;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0034234834     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(00)01681-2     Document Type: Review

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