STUDIES ON MECHANO-PERCEPTION IN CHARACEAE - DECREASE IN ELECTRICAL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE IN RECEPTOR POTENTIALS

Authors
SHIMMEN T
Citation
T. Shimmen, STUDIES ON MECHANO-PERCEPTION IN CHARACEAE - DECREASE IN ELECTRICAL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE IN RECEPTOR POTENTIALS, Plant and Cell Physiology, 38(11), 1997, pp. 1298-1301
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Plant and Cell Physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320781
Volume
38
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1298 - 1301
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0781(1997)38:11<1298:SOMIC->2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A polyacrylate chamber with three pools was developed to measure the c hanges in electrical membrane resistance during generation of receptor potentials upon mechanical stimulation in Chara internodal cells. The membrane resistance decreased at the peak of the receptor potentials. The present results support the hypothesis that the receptor potentia l is generated by activation of ion channel(s). This is the first succ ess in demonstrating a change in the membrane resistance in receptor p otential induced mechanically in plants.