Ga. Velikanov et al., SYNTHESIS OF PLANT-CELL WALL POLYSACCHARI DES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PLASMALEMMA MEMBRANE-POTENTIAL, Izvestia Akademii nauk SSSR. Seria biologiceskaa, (1), 1998, pp. 30-36
Different patterns of cellulose synthesis by plant cells were found to
depend on the changes in specific constituents (metabolic and diffusi
on) of the electric potential on plasmalemma within a given range. A h
ypothesis that the observed difference in patterns might reflect the d
irect connection between tile cellulose synthesis and activity of the
plasmalemma electrogenic proton pump was put forward and substantiated
.