Sugar transport & sugar sensing in grape

Grapevine Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 105-139

  Agasse, A ^a   Vignault, C ^b   Kappel, C ^c   Conde, C ^a   Geros H ^a   Delrot, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Laboratoire de Physiologie Moleculaire du Transport des Sucres Chez les Vegetaux   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2305-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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