Phloem
"Phloem" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Plant tissue that carries nutrients, especially sucrose, by turgor pressure. Movement is bidirectional, in contrast to XYLEM where it is only upward. Phloem originates and grows outwards from meristematic cells (MERISTEM) in the vascular cambium. P-proteins, a type of LECTINS, are characteristically found in phloem.
| Descriptor ID |
D052585
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A18.450.250
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