Functional characterization and RNAi-mediated suppression reveals roles for hexose transporters in sugar accumulation by tomato fruit

Molecular Plant

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1049-1063

  McCurdy, David W ^a   Dibley, Stephen ^a   Cahyanegara, Ricky ^a   Martin, Antony ^a   Patrick, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fruit; hexose transporter; RNAi; sink; tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 78649889487     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssq050     Document Type: Article

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