Roles of Aquaporins in Setaria viridis Stem Development and Sugar Storage

Roles of Aquaporins in Setaria viridis Stem Development and Sugar Storage

Setaria viridis is a C4 grass used as a model for bioenergy feedstocks. The elongating internodes in developing S. viridis stems grow from an intercalary meristem at the base, and progress acropetally towards fully expanded cells that store sugar. During stem development and maturation, water flow i...

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Main Authors: Samantha Alison McGaughey, Hannah L Osborn, Lily Chen, Joseph L Pegler, Stephen D Tyerman, Robert T Furbank, Caitlin Siobhan Byrt, Christopher Peter Grof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
grasses
aquaporin
stem
water transport
sugar accumulation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01815/full

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