1978
Ionic equilibration of the symplast of low-salt barley roots
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Acta botanica neerlandica , Volume 27 - Issue 3/4 p. 183- 198
Evidence is presented in support of the view that during the initial phase (lasting 1 to 3 hours) of Rb+ absorption by low-salt barley roots the root symplast comes close to equilibrium with the external Rb + solution. The characteristics of this state of equilibrium are: 1. proportionality between the equilibrium content and the initial rate of entry into the symplast; 2. reduction of influx which increases with the degree of saturation of the transport mechanism; 3. a lower degree of specificity in the internal control of influx than in external uptake; 4. temporary reduction of influx after a change of external conditions (from A to B) leading to a lower absorption rate, below the value prevailing after equal exposure to conditions B. These results are discussed on the basis of a tetrameric transport model in which there is an interplay of movement of ions in the free and in the bound state but in which no special feedback mechanisms are operating.
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G.G.J. Bange. (1978). Ionic equilibration of the symplast of low-salt barley roots. Acta botanica neerlandica, 27(3/4), 183–198. |