ABSTRACT
In previous papers we have considered in some detail the properties of plant tissues in relation to the hydrogen-ion concentration of the external medium, and our observations have led us to regard some of those properties as being due to the behaviour of the proteins present in the tissues, and in particular to the positions of the isoelectric points of those predominant in the tissues. It is now proposed to consider the water absorption of plant tissues from a similar point of view, and to correlate the results of such a study with the data obtained when the swelling and precipitation of proteins over a pertinent range of hydrogen-ion concentration are investigated.
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We are indebted for these details to Miss R. M. Tupper-Carey.
Copyright © 1927 The Company of Biologists Ltd.
1927
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