Overexpression of OsSWEET5 in rice causes growth retardation and precocious senescence.

As a novel sugar transporter family, SWEETs play important roles in plant growth and development. Here, we characterized a SWEET gene named OsSWEET5 through its overexpression in rice. Heterologous expression assay indicated that OsSWEET5 encoded a galactose transporter in yeast. OsSWEET5-overexpres...

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Main Authors: Yong Zhou, Li Liu, Weifeng Huang, Meng Yuan, Fei Zhou, Xianghua Li, Yongjun Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24709840/?tool=EBI