Exploring structural, functional, evolutionary, and genetic characteristics of sugar transporters in maize and their roles in abiotic stress tolerance

• Md. Sohel Mia ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Md. Sohel Mia, Md Suzauddula, Tao Yang, Rui Li

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7076-1458

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• Md Suzauddula ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Md. Sohel Mia, Md Suzauddula, Tao Yang, Rui Li

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics and Health, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

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• Tao Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Md. Sohel Mia, Md Suzauddula, Tao Yang, Rui Li

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation Biotechnology and Germplasm Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China

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• Rui Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Md. Sohel Mia, Md Suzauddula, Tao Yang, Rui Li

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Qinghai University, Xining, China

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• Fang Li,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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• Jianbo Mi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Xichang Shijia State-Owned Forest, Liangshan, China

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• Chao Xia,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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• Tanveer A. Wani,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Seema Zargar,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• M. Atikur Rahman ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hasanm_agb@yahoo.com (MMH); mrahman@alasu.edu (MAR)

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL 36104, USA

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• Md. Mahmudul Hasan

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  * E-mail: hasanm_agb@yahoo.com (MMH); mrahman@alasu.edu (MAR)

  Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh, Biotechnology and Germplasm Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-380X

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