Properties of two outward-rectifying channels in root xylem parenchyma cells suggest a role in K+ homeostasis and long-distance signaling

Plant Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1707-1719

  Wegner, Lars H ^a,b   De Boer, Albertus H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; DEPOLARIZATION; HOMEOSTASIS; ION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; POTASSIUM; TRANSPIRATION; XYLEM PARENCHYMA CELL;

EID: 0031397713     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.115.4.1707     Document Type: Article

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