Plant SWEET Family of Sugar Transporters: Structure, Evolution and Biological Functions
Plant SWEET Family of Sugar Transporters: Structure, Evolution and Biological Functions
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Ji, Jialei , Yang, Limei , Fang, Zhiyuan , Zhang, Yangyong , Zhuang, Mu , Lv, Honghao and Wang, Yong
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Switzerland: MDPI AG
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The SWEET (sugars will eventually be exported transporter) family was identified as a new class of sugar transporters that function as bidirectional uniporters/facilitators and facilitate the diffusion of sugars across cell membranes along a concentration gradient. SWEETs are found widely in plants and play central roles in many biochemical process...
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Plant SWEET Family of Sugar Transporters: Structure, Evolution and Biological Functions
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2218-273X
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2218-273X
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10.3390/biom12020205