The Plant Plasma Membrane

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Murphy, Angus S. (Editor), Schulz, Burkhard (Editor), Peer, Wendy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Edition: First.
• Series: Plant Cell Monographs, 19
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Cell Biology.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Anatomy/Development.

In plant cells, the plasma membrane is a highly elaborated structure that functions as the point of exchange with adjoining cells, cell walls and the external environment. Transactions at the plasma membrane include uptake of water and essential mineral nutrients, gas exchange, movement of metabolit...