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A mutation in amino acid permease AAP6 reduces the amino acid content of the Arabidopsis sieve elements but leaves aphid herbivores unaffected.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Jan 2010
Hunt Emma, Gattolin Stefano, Newbury H John, Bale Jeffrey S, Tseng Hua-Ming, Barrett David A, Pritchard Jeremy
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the amino acid permease gene AAP6 in regulating phloem amino acid composition and then to determine the effects of this altered diet on aphid performance. A genotype of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) was produced in which the function of the amino acid permease gene AAP6 (At5g49630) was abolished. Plants homozygous for the insertionally inactivated AAP6 gene had a...
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