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Partial protein retention during xylem perfusion
| Ovalbumin entering | Ovalbumin leaving | Protein retention | |
| (μg ml−1) | (μg ml−1) | (%) | |
| Tobacco | 101±19a | 61±23b | 41 |
| Olive | 57±11a | 32±9b | 44 |
Sections (∼20 cm) of tobacco stem or olive twig were perfused with ovalbumin solutions. Concentrations in the solutions entering or leaving the sections were assayed as in the Materials and methods. Means ±SD, n ≥3, differences in rows significant at P=0.05 using Student's t test.
