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+# Sugar transporters spatially organize microbiota colonization along the longitudinal root axis of *Arabidopsis*
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+## Original Publication
+
+Loo et al., 2024, Cell Host & Microbe 32, 543–556 April 10, 2024 ª 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.02.014
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+## License
+
+Cell Host & Microbe 32, 543–556, April 10, 2024 ª 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.
+This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
+
+## Data Availability
+
+Raw 16S sequencing data have been deposited into the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) under the accession number
+PRJEB63568. In addition, the scripts used for the computational analyses described in this study are available at GitHub https://
+github.com/duranpa/sweet_collaboration. Raw metabolomics file is deposited at https://www.metabolomicsworkbench.org under
+the data track Study ID ST002779. Any additional information required to reanalyze the data reported in this paper is available from
+the lead contact upon request.
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