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Plant Mitochondria and Salt Accumulation

Nature volume 175, pages 640–641 (1955)Cite this article

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THE participation of a cytochrome oxidase system in salt respiration and salt accumulation was first suggested by Lundegårdh1. Robertson and Wilkins2 presented quantitative evidence which was consistent with the hypothesis that the mechanism of accumulation depends on the cytochrome system. Recent studies have associated the cytochrome system with the mitochondria, and Robertson3 suggested that mitochondria might be associated with the accumulation mechanism. Accumulation of cations in animal mitochondria has been demonstrated by Bartley and Davies4, Macfarlane and Spencer5 and Stanbury and Mudge6. Bartley and Davies also demonstrated that phosphate and organic anions were accumulated in mitochondria.

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  1. Plant Physiology Unit, Division of Food Preservation and Transport, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization,

    R. N. ROBERTSON, MARJORIE J. WILKINS & A. B. HOPE

  2. Botany School, University of Sydney,

    R. N. ROBERTSON, MARJORIE J. WILKINS & A. B. HOPE

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ROBERTSON, R., WILKINS, M. & HOPE, A. Plant Mitochondria and Salt Accumulation. Nature 175, 640–641 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175640a0

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