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Location of New Phosphate Transporter in Root Cell Membranes

Caption: This is an image, obtained by confocal microscopy, of a root of the tiny mustard-like plant Arabidopsis thaliana, showing (in green) the localization of the newly identified phosphate transporter, on the membranes (outlines) of the root cells.

Credit: Estelle Remy, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal, 2012

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