Changes in surface area of intact guard cells are correlated with membrane internalization1

From: Plant Physiology | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Guard cells must maintain the integrity of the plasma membrane as they undergo large, rapid changes in volume. It has been assumed that changes in volume are accompanied by changes in surface area, but mechanisms for regulating plasma membrane surface area have not been identified in intact guard cells, and the extent to which surface area of the guard cells changes with volume has never been determined. The alternative hypothesis-that surface area remains approximately constant because of changes in shape-has not been investigated. To address these questions, we determined surface area for ...

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