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Phloem Physiology


name       shifaan
status     student
age        18

Question - I would like to know the function of sieves in sieve tubes
of the phloem and the function fo phloem proteins, plants being so well
evolved and all?
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possibly helpful:
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/5/0,5716,61245+1,00.html
http://www.biosci.uga.edu/almanac/archive/spring_00/bio_1108/barstow/0216200
0.htm
http://www.sirinet.net/~jgjohnso/plants.html
http://dogwood.botany.uga.edu/~palevitz/btny1210/nav11.html

Anthony R. Brach, Ph.D.
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