Plants and sodium ions: keeping company with the enemy.

Francisco J Quintero, Jose M Pardo

Journal: Genome biology 2002;3(6):REVIEWS1017

PMID: 12093381

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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.

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DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-6-reviews1017

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