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The excitability of plant cells: with a special emphasis on characean internodal cellsThis review describes the basic principles of electrophysiology using the generation of an action potential in characean internodal cells as a pedagogical tool. Electrophysiology has proven to be a powerful tool in understanding animal physiology and development, yet it has been virtually neglected in the study of plant physiology and development. This review is, in essence, a written account of my personal journey over the past five years to understand the basic principles of electrophysiology so that I can apply them to the study of plant physiology and development. My formal background is in classical botany and cell biology. I have learned electrophysiology by reading many books on physics written for the lay person and by talking informally with many patient biophysicists. I have written this review for the botanist who is unfamiliar with the basics of membrane biology but would like to know that she or he can become familiar with the latest information without much effort. I also wrote it for the neurophysiologist who is proficient in membrane biology but knows little about plant biology (but may want to teach one lecture on "plant action potentials"). And lastly, I wrote this for people interested in the history of science and how the studies of electrical and chemical communication in physiology and development progressed in the botanical and zoological disciplines.
Document ID
20040089527
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Wayne, R.
(Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: The Botanical review; interpreting botanical progress
Volume: 60
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0006-8101
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
NASA Discipline Plant Biology
Review, Academic
Review
Non-NASA Center

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