Sieve-element differentiation and phloem sap contamination

•Biochemical studies suggest novel functional components in mature sieve tubes.•Functions in, for example, signaling, protein turnover and degradation have been proposed.•We find that sieve element degradation contributes some 0.1% of the phloem sap.•We conclude that the presence of a substance does...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current opinion in plant biology 2018-06, Vol.43, p.43-49
Hauptverfasser:	Knoblauch, Michael, Peters, Winfried S, Bell, Karen, Ross-Elliott, Timothy J, Oparka, Karl J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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