Nature

Diffusion barriers in plants

This collection summarizes recent research progress in the biogenesis of plant diffusion barriers such as the Casparian strip, suberin lamellae or the root exodermis. While primarily focused on root ...
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Building a morphogen gradient by simple diffusion in a growing plant leaf

The research team has shown that a transcriptional co-activator ANGUSTIFOLIA3 (AN3) forms a signaling gradient along the leaf proximal-to-distal axis to determine cell-proliferation domain. In an ...
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Thermodynamic analysis of diffusion of non-electrolytes across plant cuticles in the presence and absence of the plasticiser tributyl phosphate

Solute mobility in cuticular membranes (CMs) of 14 plant species (Citrus aurantium L., Citrus grandis L., Hedera helix L., Ilex aquifolium L., Ilex paraguariensis St ...
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PHOSPHATE DIFFUSION IN SOIL AND UPTAKE BY PLANTS: IV. COMPUTED UPTAKE BY MODEL ROOTS AS A RESULT OF DIFFUSIVE FLOW

The changes in solid-phase P³¹ concentration with radial distance from the surface of actively absorbing cylindrical roots have been calculated from data previously obtained for the apparent ...