Molecular Characterization and Defoliation-Induced Expression of a Sucrose Transporter LcSUT1 Gene in Sheep Grass (Leymus chinensis)

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1184-1191

  Su, Man ^a,b   Li, Xiaoxia ^a,b   Li, Xiaofeng ^a   Cheng, Liqin ^a   Qi, Dongmei ^a   Chen, Shuangyan ^a   Liu, Gongshe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Molecular characterization; Sheep grass; Sucrose starvation; Sucrose transporter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883325865     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-013-0582-3     Document Type: Article

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