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Down-Regulating CsHT1, a Cucumber Pollen-Specific Hexose Transporter, Inhibits Pollen Germination, Tube Growth, and Seed Development.
Plant physiology - 1 Jun 2015
Cheng Jintao, Wang Zhenyu, Yao Fengzhen, Gao Lihong, Ma Si, Sui Xiaolei, Zhang Zhenxian
Abstract excerpt
Efficient sugar transport is needed to support the high metabolic activity of pollen tubes as they grow through the pistil. Failure of transport results in male sterility. Although sucrose transporters have been shown to play a role in pollen tube development, the role of hexoses and hexose transporters is not as well established. The pollen of some species can grow in vitro on hexose as well as on sucrose, but...
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