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Abstract
A procedure is described for the measurement of the sieve tube membrane potential in the phloem of bark strips from Salix exigua Nutt. Measurements were made by inserting a measuring microelectrode into sap exuding from severed stylets of the willow aphid, Tuberolachnus salignus. Data taken from 20 bark strips gave an average potential of -155 +/- 9 millivolts. Evidence is presented for an electrogenic component of the sieve tube membrane potential. The occurrence of a saturable sucrose-induced membrane depolarization is consistent with the concept of sugar accumulation by a sucrose/H(+) co-transport mechanism.Entities:
Year: 1981 PMID: 16661766 PMCID: PMC425784 DOI: 10.1104/pp.67.4.845
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Physiol ISSN: 0032-0889 Impact factor: 8.340