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Salt tolerance, salt accumulation, and ionic homeostasis in an epidermal bladder-cell-less mutant of the common ice plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Jan 2007
Agarie Sakae, Shimoda Toshifumi, Shimizu Yumi, Baumann Kathleen, Sunagawa Haruki, Kondo Ayumu, Ueno Osamu, Nakahara Teruhisa, Nose Akihiro, Cushman John C
Abstract excerpt
The aerial surfaces of the common or crystalline ice plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L., a halophytic, facultative crassulacean acid metabolism species, are covered with specialized trichome cells called epidermal bladder cells (EBCs). EBCs are thought to serve as a peripheral salinity and/or water storage organ to improve survival under high salinity or water deficit stress conditions. However, the exact...
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