Note on lack of effect of ethylene on water permeability, electroosmotic efficiency, or transcellular water flow of the plasma membranes in Nitella

Abstract

Ethylene (4.0 mM) in artificial pond water had no significant effect on three permeation properties of the plasma membranes of Nitella 2 h after addition. Neither the hydraulic permeability measured by transcellular osmosis, the passive monovalent cation permeability measured by electroosmosis, nor the 'active' transcellular water flows were altered appreciably by ethylene in solution.