Differences in membrane selectivity drive phloem transport to the apoplast from which maize florets develop

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 551-562

  Tang, An Ching ^a   Boyer, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoplast; carboxyfluorescein; floret; glucose; membrane transport; phloem; reflection coefficient; sucrose; symplast; turgor pressure; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYFLUORESCEINDIACETATE; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE;

ABSORPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HYDROLYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAIZE; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLINATOR; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SUCROSE; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; PHLOEM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; FLOWERS; FLUORESCEINS; GLUCOSE; OSMOSIS; PHLOEM; ZEA MAYS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84875628302     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct012     Document Type: Article

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