Friday, January 25, 2019

New insight into unique sugar transport in plants

A small research group has just elucidated the structure of a sugar transport protein that is unique to plants. The new structure can help explain how plant organs - such as pollen - develop properly, and give ideas as to why some subspecies of wheat are resistant to fungal attacks.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2Tfff8K

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