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. 1971 Oct 29;174(4008):518-20.
doi: 10.1126/science.174.4008.518.

Potassium flux: a common feature of albizzia leaflet movement controlled by phytochrome or endogenous rhythm

R L Satter, A W Galston

Potassium flux: a common feature of albizzia leaflet movement controlled by phytochrome or endogenous rhythm

R L Satter et al. Science. .

Abstract

Leaflets close when potassium moves into dorsal and out of ventral pulvinule motor cells and open when the flux direction is reversed. This is true whether leaflet movement is controlled by an endogenous rhythm or by phytochrome.

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