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Changes in trans-root electrical potential induced by application of metabolic inhibitors (carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, vanadate, diethylstilbestrol, N-ethyl maleimide, p-chloromercuribenzene sulfonic acid, KCN, salicylhydroxamic acid) and electron acceptors (hexachloroiridate IV and hexacyanoferrate III) to the cut end of excised roots of maize demonstrated existence of a longitudinal component of trans-root electrical potential. It was probably associated with redox plasma membrane bound system(s) and coupled to the cyanide sensitive and alternative respiration pathways.
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Vuletić, M., Vučinić, Z. Longitudinal component of trans-root electrical potential difference: evidence from application of metabolic inhibitors to the cut end of excised maize roots. Biologia Plantarum 40, 203–209 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001060301961
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