Spatiotemporal Expression and Substrate Specificity Analysis of the Cucumber SWEET Gene Family

The functions of SWEET (Sugar Will Eventually be Exported Transporter) proteins have been studied in a number of crops, but little is known about their roles in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), a model plant for studying stachyose metabolism and phloem function. Here, we identified 17 cucumber SWEET g...

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Main Authors: Yaxin Li, Sheng Feng, Si Ma, Xiaolei Sui, Zhenxian Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01855/full