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The SWEET family of sugar transporters in grapevine: VvSWEET4 is involved in the interaction with Botrytis cinerea.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Dec 2014
Chong Julie, Piron Marie-Christine, Meyer Sophie, Merdinoglu Didier, Bertsch Christophe, Mestre Pere
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During plant development, sugar export is determinant in multiple processes such as nectar production, pollen development and long-distance sucrose transport. The plant SWEET family of sugar transporters is a recently identified protein family of sugar uniporters. In rice, SWEET transporters are the target of extracellular bacteria, which have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to modify their expression and...
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