Characteristics of Hg- and Zn-sensitive water channels in the plasma membrane of Chara cells

Botanica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 388-396

  Tazawa, M ^a,c   Asai, K ^b   Iwasaki, N ^b  

^a FUKUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chara; HgCl2; hydraulic conductivity; polarity; thiol reagents; water channel; ZnCl2

Indexed keywords

CHARA;

EID: 0029963223     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00588.x     Document Type: Article

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