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Genome-wide annotation and functional identification of aphid GLUT-like sugar transporters

BACKGROUND: Phloem feeding insects, such as aphids, feed almost continuously on plant phloem sap, a liquid diet that contains high concentrations of sucrose (a disaccharide comprising of glucose and fructose). To access the available carbon, aphids hydrolyze sucrose in the gut lumen and transport it...

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Autores principales: Price, Daniel RG, Gatehouse, John A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4132908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25091229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-647