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An attempt has been made to localize glycinebetaine in shoots of Suaeda maritima L. Dum. using a technique based on the formation of an iodoplatinate precipitate. Deposits were largely restricted to the cytoplasm of salt-grown plants and were analysed by transmission analytical electron microscopy. The results are considered to support the hypothesis that glycinebetaine acts as a cytoplasmic osmoticum to balance high vacuolar salt levels in certain halophytes.
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Hall, J.L., Harvey, D.M.R. & Flowers, T.J. Evidence for the cytoplasmic localization of betaine in leaf cells of Suaeda maritima . Planta 140, 59–62 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00389380
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