Expression of sucrose transporter cDNAs specifically in companion cells enhances phloem loading and long-distance transport of sucrose but leads to an inhibition of growth and the perception of a phosphate limitation

Plant Physiology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 715-731

  Dasgupta, Kasturi ^a,d,e   Khadilkar, Aswad S ^a   Sulpice, Ronan ^b,f   Pant, Bikram ^c   Scheible, Wolf Rüdiger ^c   Fisahn, Joachim ^b   Stitt, Mark ^b   Ayre, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^d WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 84901794590     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.238410     Document Type: Article

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