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Transport of Sugar in Allium: Effects of Inhibitors and Ethylene

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THE inner leaf-base epidermis of onion (Allium cepa var. Granex) bulb metabolically excretes glucose1. Composed of a single layer of homogeneous cells, this tissue provides unique advantages in the study of membrane transport.

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  1. HARRY DARROW BROWN

    Present address: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Seed Protein Laboratory, New Orleans, Louisiana

  2. RICHARD T. JACKSON

    Present address: Eye Research Laboratory, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

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  1. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

    HARRY DARROW BROWN

  2. Loyola University, New Orleans, La.

    RICHARD T. JACKSON & HARSTRY J. DUPUY

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BROWN, H., JACKSON, R. & DUPUY, H. Transport of Sugar in Allium: Effects of Inhibitors and Ethylene. Nature 202, 722–723 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202722a0

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