Plants and sodium ions: keeping company with the enemy.

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2002 Spain English Publisher:BioMed CentralJournal:Genome biology, volume 3 (issn: 1474-760X,

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Authors: Pardo, José M.; Quintero, Francisco J.;

pmid: 12093381

pmc: PMC139373

handle: 10261/3348

Plants and sodium ions: keeping company with the enemy.

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Abstract

Plants face a dilemma about sodium metabolism. Uptake of ubiquitous sodium ions is desirable as a way to build osmotic potential, absorb water and sustain turgor, but excess sodium ions may be toxic. Information from a number of plant species about the proteins involved in sodium-ion uptake helps to explain how plants manage to take in just the right amount.

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at http://genomebiology.com/2002/3/6/reviews/1017

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Spain

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Spanish National Research Council
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Keywords

Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters, Plant Cells, Sodium, Arabidopsis, Potassium, Calcium, Cations, Monovalent, Nucleotides, Cyclic, Plants

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