Effect of Ferricyanide on Potassium Uptake by Intact Epidermal Tissue and Guard Cell Protoplasts |
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Authors: | Roth-Bejerano, N. Nejidat, A. Rubinstein, B. Itai, C. |
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Affiliation: | 1Department of Biology, Ben Gurion University Beer Sheva, Israel 2Department of Botany, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The effect of ferricyanide on K$ fluxes in epidermis and inguard cells of Commelina communis L. were studied. Ferricyanideenhanced guard cell protoplasts swelling, which results fromenhanced K$ uptake. In intact epidermis ferricyanide inhibitedK$ uptake and consequently, stomatal opening. This was foundin floated and submerged epidermal tissues, indicating thatthe degree of contact with the solution does not affect theresponse to ferricyanide. Investigation of the rate of plasmolysisand de-plasmolysis of guard cells in epidermal tissue revealedthat ferricyanide enhances deplasmolysis, caused by K$ uptake,only in completely plasmolysed cells, which resemble protoplastsin situ. (Received January 21, 1988; Accepted March 24, 1988) |
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