Tonoplast sugar transporters as key drivers of sugar accumulation, a case study in sugarcane

Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research Program under Award Number DE-SC0018420). Any opinions, findings, and con-clusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Energy. M.T. was supported by the Camp Family Undergraduate Student Research Internship. We thank Heather Lash for plant management in the greenhouse, and Yaxin Li, Chen Zhang, Xueyi Xue, Hafijur Ruman, and Lalit Tiwari for their help with sample collection. We also thank Ethan Yong for his care of the plants.

Author contributions

J.W., F.A., and L.-Q.C. designed the experiments; M.T., J.W., B.K., N.M.K., and Y.-H.L. conducted them; M.T., J.W., B.K., F.A., and L.-Q.C. wrote the manuscript.

Data availability

The data underlying this article will be shared on reasonable request to the corresponding author.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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