Mild reductions in guard cell sucrose synthase 2expression leads to slower stomatal opening and decreased whole plant
transpiration in tobacco
Francisco Bruno S. Freire1, Ricardo L. G.
Bastos1, Raissa S. C. Bret1, Silvio
A. Cândido‐Sobrinho1, David B.
Medeiros2, Werner C. Antunes3,
Alisdair R. Fernie2, Danilo M.
Daloso1*
1Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular,
Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza-CE, 60451-970, Brasil.
2Central Metabolism Group, Max Planck Institute of
Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany.
3Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de
Maringá, Maringá-PR, 87020-900, Brasil.
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E-mail address: daloso@ufc.br
This work was funded by the National Council for Scientific and
Technological Development (CNPq, Grant 428192/2018-1).