sieve-tube elements
- plural of sieve-tube element.
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Figure 23.36 Phloem is comprised of cells called sieve-tube elements.
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Neighboring companion cells carry out metabolic functions for the sieve-tube elements and provide them with energy.
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Sucrose is actively loaded into the sieve-tube elements of the phloem.
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Lateral sieve areas connect the sieve-tube elements to the companion cells.
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Sucrose produced in the Calvin cycle is loaded into the sieve-tube elements of the phloem, and the increased solute concentration causes water to move by osmosis from the xylem into the phloem.
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