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. 1986 Dec;82(4):1153.
doi: 10.1104/pp.82.4.1153.

Symplastic growth and symplasmic transport

R O Erickson  1
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Symplastic growth and symplasmic transport

R O Erickson. Plant Physiol. 1986 Dec.

Abstract

IN CURRENT USAGE, THE ADJECTIVE SYMPLASTIC HAS TWO DIFFERENT MEANINGS: in the term, symplastic growth, as defined by Priestley; and in discussions of transport through the symplast, as defined by Münch. To avoid confusion, it is recommended that symplastic be reserved to characterize growth deformation, that symplasmic be used to refer to transport through the symplasm, and apoplasmic, to refer to the apoplasm.

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