AtSUC2 has a role for sucrose retrieval along the phloem pathway: Evidence from carbon-11 tracer studies

Plant Science

Volumn 188-189, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-101

  Gould, N ^a   Thorpe, M R ^b,e   Pritchard, J ^c   Christeller, J T ^a   Williams, L E ^d   Roeb, G ^b   Schurr, U ^b   Minchin, P E H ^a,b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

11C tracer; Phloem leakage; Phloem transit times; Sucrose transporter; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; SUCROSE; SUCROSE TRANSPORT PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHLOEM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHLOEM; PLANT PROTEINS; SUCROSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84860170162     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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