PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Robinson, D. G.
AU  - Sieber, H.
AU  - Kammerloher, W.
AU  - Schaffner, A. R.
TI  - PIP1 Aquaporins Are Concentrated in Plasmalemmasomes of Arabidopsis thaliana Mesophyll
AID  - 10.1104/pp.111.2.645
DP  - 1996 Jun 01
TA  - Plant Physiology
PG  - 645--649
VI  - 111
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/111/2/645.short
4100  - http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/111/2/645.full
SO  - Plant Physiol.1996 Jun 01; 111
AB  - The PIP1 subfamily of water channel proteins (aquaporins) constitute about 1% of the plasma membrane (PM) proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. Immunogold electron microscopy has confirmed their localization at the PM of mesophyll cells. Very high labeling density at PM invaginations known as plasmalemmasomes was observed. Therefore, we suggest that these subcellular structures are involved in water transport between the apoplast and the vacuole.