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Apoplastic route - water/solutes move along continuum of cell walls and extracellular spaces
Apoplastic route - water/solutes move along continuum of cell walls and extracellular spaces
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Symplastic route - water/solutes move along the continuum of cytosol (thru plasmodesmata)
Symplastic route - water/solutes move along the continuum of cytosol (thru plasmodesmata)
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Transmembrane route - water/solutes move out of one cell, across cell wall, into next cell
Transmembrane route - water/solutes move out of one cell, across cell wall, into next cell
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Selective permeability of plasma membrane, active/passive transport, pumps/transport proteins
Selective permeability of plasma membrane, active/passive transport, pumps/transport proteins
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H+ cotransporter - movement of sugar/ion against its concentration gradient is coupled with movement of H+ down its electrochemical gradient (loads sucrose into phloem, nitrates into roots)
H+ cotransporter - movement of sugar/ion against its concentration gradient is coupled with movement of H+ down its electrochemical gradient (loads sucrose into phloem, nitrates into roots)
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Gated ion channels open/close in response to chemicals, pressure, or voltage
Gated ion channels open/close in response to chemicals, pressure, or voltage
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Produce electrical signals (like animal action potentials), using Ca2+-activated ion channels
Produce electrical signals (like animal action potentials), using Ca2+-activated ion channels
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Water potential (Ѱ) - predicts movement of free water by osmosis (high → low)
Water potential (Ѱ) - predicts movement of free water by osmosis (high → low)
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Pure water in a container open to the atmosphere under standard conditions (sea level, room temp) has Ѱ = 0 MPa
Pure water in a container open to the atmosphere under standard conditions (sea level, room temp) has Ѱ = 0 MPa
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Internal pressure of a living plant cell due to osmotic uptake of water = 0.5 MPa
Internal pressure of a living plant cell due to osmotic uptake of water = 0.5 MPa
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Solute/osmotic potential (ѰS) - directly proportional to molarity, always negative
Solute/osmotic potential (ѰS) - directly proportional to molarity, always negative
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Pressure potential (ѰP) - physical pressure on a solution, positive or negative relative to atmospheric pressure
Pressure potential (ѰP) - physical pressure on a solution, positive or negative relative to atmospheric pressure
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Protoplast (living part of cell and plasma membrane) presses against cell wall → turgor pressure
Protoplast (living part of cell and plasma membrane) presses against cell wall → turgor pressure
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