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Potassium Uptake and Transport System in Plant

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Role of Potassium in Plants

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Eminent requirement of K+ in each tissue of plant is fulfilled via efficient K+ uptake from the soil and ensuring K+ transport/distribution at the whole plant level. Numerous channels/transporters participate in these processes in plants. The number of K+ transport systems varies depending on the plant species. So far, 71 genes encoding K+ transport systems have been characterized in Arabidopsis thaliana. Based on their function, these transport systems have been assigned to different families. In plants, K+ channels and transporters are regulated in a proper manner at transcriptional as well as post-translational level.

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    Girdhar K. Pandey

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    Swati Mahiwal

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Pandey, G.K., Mahiwal, S. (2020). Potassium Uptake and Transport System in Plant. In: Role of Potassium in Plants. SpringerBriefs in Plant Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45953-6_3

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