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1: Genome Biol. 2002;3(6):REVIEWS1017. Epub 2002 May 24.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Plants and sodium ions: keeping company with the enemy.

Pardo JM, Quintero FJ.

Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, PO Box 1052, Sevilla 41080, Spain. pardo@cica.es

Plants face a dilemma about sodium metabolism. Uptake of ubiquitous sodium ions is desirable as a way to build osmotic potential, absorb water and sustain turgor, but excess sodium ions may be toxic. Information from a number of plant species about the proteins involved in sodium-ion uptake helps to explain how plants manage to take in just the right amount.

PMID: 12093381 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC139373

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