Phloem unloading in sink leaves of nicotiana benthamiana: Comparison of a fluorescent solute with a fluorescent virus

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1381-1396

  Roberts, Alison G ^a   Santa Cruz, Simon ^a   Roberts, Ian M ^a   Prior, Denton A M ^a   Turgeon, Robert ^b   Oparka, Karl J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 2642610314     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.8.1381     Document Type: Article

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