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Sodium fluxes in roots of Eleocharis uniglumis , a brackish water species

Sodium fluxes in roots of Eleocharis uniglumis , a brackish water species Abstract Fluxes of sodium across the plasmalemma and tonoplast of the roots of Eleocharis uniglumis have been measured using 22Na. E. uniglumis (one glumed spike rush) was collected from an estuarine habitat where it was growing in a wide range of salinities (1 mM‐50 mM Na). Compartmental analysis was used to determine sodium concentrations in the cytoplasm and the vacuole. Application of the Ussing‐Teorell equation revealed the presence of sodium pumps in the plasmalemma and the tonoplast. Active sodium transport into the cytoplasm from the bathing medium was found to occur in most of the external sodium concentrations investigated. There also appeared to be active transport of sodium into the cytoplasm from the vacuole. In contrast to halophytes, high levels of sodium appeared to be accumulated in the cytoplasm of E. uniglumis roots. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Plant Cell & Environment Wiley

Sodium fluxes in roots of Eleocharis uniglumis , a brackish water species

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1979 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0140-7791
eISSN
1365-3040
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3040.1979.tb00782.x
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Abstract

Abstract Fluxes of sodium across the plasmalemma and tonoplast of the roots of Eleocharis uniglumis have been measured using 22Na. E. uniglumis (one glumed spike rush) was collected from an estuarine habitat where it was growing in a wide range of salinities (1 mM‐50 mM Na). Compartmental analysis was used to determine sodium concentrations in the cytoplasm and the vacuole. Application of the Ussing‐Teorell equation revealed the presence of sodium pumps in the plasmalemma and the tonoplast. Active sodium transport into the cytoplasm from the bathing medium was found to occur in most of the external sodium concentrations investigated. There also appeared to be active transport of sodium into the cytoplasm from the vacuole. In contrast to halophytes, high levels of sodium appeared to be accumulated in the cytoplasm of E. uniglumis roots.

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Plant Cell & EnvironmentWiley

Published: Jun 1, 1979

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