SWEET as sugar: New sucrose effluxers in plants

Molecular Plant

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 766-768

  Frank Baker, R ^a   Leach, Kristen A ^a   Braun, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84866363702     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss054     Document Type: Article

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