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. 1989 Jul;90(3):939–942. doi: 10.1104/pp.90.3.939

Two Modes of Rubidium Uptake in Sunflower Plants 1

Manuel Benlloch 1,2, Inés Moreno 1,2, Alonso Rodríguez-Navarro 1,2
PMCID: PMC1061824  PMID: 16666901

Abstract

The Rb+-uptake kinetics in K+-starved sunflower (Helianthus annuus) plants can be explained by the addition of two Michaelis-Menten equations. In contrast, Rb+ uptake can be described by a single Michaelis-Menten equation in normal-K+ plants. Differences in the Kms and in the Arrhenius plots of Rb+ uptake in the two types of plants suggest two uptake modes.

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