Measurement of the sieve tube membrane potential |
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Authors: | Wright J P Fisher D B |
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Affiliation: | Department of Botany, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164. |
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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. |
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