Integrative plant biology: Role of phloem long-distance macromolecular trafficking

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2006, Pages 203-232

  Lough, Tony J ^a   Lucas, William J ^b  

^a AgriGenesis Biosciences   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information macromolecules; Long distance transport; RNA; Signaling

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; PHLOEM; PLANT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VIROLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; PHLOEM; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33745954371     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.56.032604.144145     Document Type: Review

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