- Title
- An update on phloem transport: a simple bulk flow under complex regulation
- Creator
- Liesche, Johannes; Patrick, John
- Relation
- F1000Research Vol. 6, no. 2096
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.12577.1
- Publisher
- Faculty of 1000
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- The phloem plays a central role in transporting resources and signalling molecules from fully expanded leaves to provide precursors for, and to direct development of, heterotrophic organs located throughout the plant body. We review recent advances in understanding mechanisms regulating loading and unloading of resources into, and from, the phloem network; highlight unresolved questions regarding the physiological significance of the vast array of proteins and RNAs found in phloem saps; and evaluate proposed structure/function relationships considered to account for bulk flow of sap, sustained at high rates and over long distances, through the transport phloem.
- Subject
- pholem transport; signaling; plants; water
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1385525
- Identifier
- uon:32242
- Identifier
- ISSN:2046-1402
- Rights
- © 2017 Liesche J and Patrick J. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Language
- eng
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