Chloride Accumulation by Mung Bean Root Tips
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- 1 November 1972
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 50 (5), 603-607
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.50.5.603
Abstract
Net uptake of Cl− into root tips of mung bean (Phaseolus aureus) increases steadily with increasing external concentrations from 1 to 60 mm. Membrane potentials were measured to determine the equilibrium concentration of Cl− in the tissue which could be due to diffusion. This concentration was readily exceeded in both the relatively nonvacuolate tips (0 to 1 mm) and the vacuolate, mature upper sectons (1 to 11 mm) of the roots. The activity coefficient of both cytoplasmic and vacuolar Cl−, measured with Cl− sensitive microelectrodes, was approximately the same as that of a pure KCl solution of the same concentration. It is concluded that the “second mechanism” of ion uptake involves a large increase in the rate of active transport at the plasmalemma as the external concentration is increased above 1 mm.Keywords
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