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Plant aquaporins: their molecular biology, biophysics and significance for plant water relations by Tyerman, S.D, Bohnert, H.J, Maurel, C, Steudle, E, Smith, J.A.C

“…Over the last decade, considerable advances have occurred in understanding the molecular biology and biophysics of water permeation across plant membranes and…”
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Phytoremediation of mixed-contaminated soil using the hyperaccumulator plant Alyssum lesbiacum: Evidence of histidine as a measure of phytoextractable nickel by Singer, Andrew C., Bell, Thomas, Heywood, Chloe A., Smith, J.A.C., Thompson, Ian P.

“…In this study we examine the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on the ability of the hyperaccumulator plant Alyssum lesbiacum to phytoextract…”
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Sensitivity of the plant vacuolar malate channel to pH, Ca2+ and anion-channel blockers by Pantoja, O, Smith, J A C

“…The organic anion malate is accumulated in the central vacuole of most plant cells. Malate has several important roles in plant vacuoles, such as the…”
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Micro-PIXE as a technique for studying nickel localization in leaves of the hyperaccumulator plant Alyssum lesbiacum by Krämer, U., Grime, G.W., Smith, J.A.C., Hawes, C.R., Baker, A.J.M.

“…Certain terrestrial plants are able to accumulate metals such as zinc, manganese, nickel, cobalt, or copper in their above-ground biomass. The largest group of…”
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Vacuolar chloride transport in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. measured using the fluorescent dye lucigenin by Wissing, F, Smith, J A

“…To study vacuolar chloride (Cl(-)) transport in the halophilic plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L., Cl(-) uptake into isolated tonoplast vesicles was…”
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Day-night changes in leaf water relations associated with the rhythm of Crassulacean acid metabolism in Kalanchoe daigremontiana by Smith, J.A.C, Luttge, U

“…A study was made of the day-night changes under controlled environmental conditions in the bulk-leaf water relations of Kalanchoë daigremontiana, a plant…”
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NanoSIMS and EPMA analysis of nickel localisation in leaves of the hyperaccumulator plant Alyssum lesbiacum by Smart, K.E., Kilburn, M.R., Salter, C.J., Smith, J.A.C., Grovenor, C.R.M.

“…Certain plants known as ‘metal hyperaccumulators’ can accumulate exceptional concentrations of elements such as zinc, manganese, nickel, cobalt, copper,…”
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Free histidine as a metal chelator in plants that accumulate nickel by Kramer, U, Cotter-Howells, J.D, Charnock, J.M, Baker, A.J.M, Smith, J.A.C

“…A number of terrestrial plant accumulate-large quantities of metals such as zinc, manganese, nickel, cobalt and copper in their shoots. The largest group of…”
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Water droplets and ice deposits in leaf intercellular spaces: Redistribution of water during cryofixation for scanning electron microscopy [Phaseolus vulgaris] by Jeffree, C.E. (Edinburgh Univ. (UK). Dept. of Botany), Read, N.D, Smith, J.A.C, Dale, J.E

“…An experimental study is described of the formation of extracellular deposits on the surfaces of cells in freeze-fractured, frozen-hydrated primary leaves of…”
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A comparison in species distribution model performance of succulents using key species and subsets of environmental predictors by Buckland, Catherine E., Smith, Andrew J. A. C., Thomas, David S. G.

“…Identifying the environmental drivers of the global distribution of succulent plants using the Crassulacean acid metabolism pathway of photosynthesis has…”
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Malate transport and vacuolar ion channels in CAM plants by Cheffings, C.M., Pantoja, O., Ashcroft, F.M., Smith, J.A.C.

“…Malate is a ubiquitous vacuolar anion in terrestrial plants that plays an important role in carbon metabolism and ionic homeostasis. In plants showing…”
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Tonoplast Na+/H+ antiport activity and its energization by the vaculoar H+-ATPase in the halophytic plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum by Barkla, B.J. (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Morelos, Mexico.), Zingarelli, L, Blumwald, E, Smith, J.A.C

“…Tonoplast vesicles were isolated from leaf mesophyll tissue of the inducible Crassulacean acid metabolism plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum to investigate…”
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Isolation and sequence analysis of a cDNA encoding the c subunit of a vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase from the CAM plant Kalanchoe daigremontiana by Bartholomew, D.M. (Oxford Univ. (United Kingdom). Dept. of Plant Sciences), Rees, D.J.G, Rambaut, A, Smith, J.A.C

“…We report the sequence of a cDNA clone encoding the c ("16 kDa') subunit of a vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase (V-ATPase) from Kalanchoë daigremontiana, a plant in…”
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Modification of the pressure-probe technique permits controlled intracellular microinjection of fluorescent probes by Oparka, K.J, Murphy, R, Derrick, P.M, Prior, D.A.M, Smith, J.A.C

“…ABSTRACT The pressure probe has been widely used to study the water relations of plant cells. Here we describe a simple modification of the pressure-probe…”
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Derivation of a weighted-average reflection coefficient for mesophyll cell membranes of Kalanchoe daigremontiana by Murphy, R. (Oxford Univ. (United Kingdom). Dept. of Plant Sciences), Smith, J.A.C

“…In a study with the crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant Kalanchoë daigremontiana Hamet et Perr. using the pressure probe, Rygol et al. (1987, Planta 172,…”
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Dicarboxylate transport at the vacuolar membrane of the CAM plant Kalanchoë daigremontiana: sensitivity to protein-modifying and sulphydryl reagents by Bettey, M, Smith, J A

“…Malate is widespread as a charge-balancing anion in plant vacuoles and plays a central role in nocturnal CO2 assimilation in crassulacean acid metabolism…”
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Substrate kinetics of the tonoplast H+-translocating inorganic pyrophosphatase and its activation by free Mg2 by White, P.J. (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK), Marshall, J, Smith, J.A.C

“…To clarify the kinetic characteristics and ionic requirements of the tonoplast H+-translocating inorganic pyrophosphatase (H+-PPiase), PPi hydrolysis and…”
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Water-relation parameters of individual mesophyll cells of the crassulacean acid metabolism plant Kalanchoe daigremontiana by Steudle, E

“…Water-relation parameters of leaf mesophyll cells of the CAM plant Kalanchoë daigremontiana have been determined directly in cells of tissue slices using the…”
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Mechanism of passive malic-acid efflux from vacuoles of the CAM [crassulacean acid metabolism] plant Kalanchoe daigremontiana by Luettge, U, Smith, JAC

“…An analysis was carried out of the mechanism of malic-acid efflux from vacuoles of mesophyll cells of the crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant K…”
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Ecophysiology of xerophytic and halophytic vegetation of a coastal alluvial plain in northern Venezuela. III. Bromelia humilis Jacq., a terrestrial CAM bromeliad by Lee, H.S.J, Luttge, U, Medina, E, Smith, J.A.C, Cram, W.J, Diaz, M, Griffiths, H, Popp, M, Schafer, C, Stimmel, K.H

“…The terrestrial CAM plant Bromelia humilis was examined in the salinas of the Cienega el Ostional, on the north coast of Venezuela, in the rainy and dry…”
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