Symplast

The symplast is the totality of all protoplasts connected via plasmodesmata in a plant . This is also known as the symplastic space . The symplastic transport of low molecular weight substances such as molecules , phytohormones or metabolites takes place across cells via the plasmodesmata .

Opposite the symplast is the apoplast , which represents the extracellular space. Together they form the cellular space of a plant tissue .

literature

• Andreas Bresinsky , Christian Körner , Joachim W. Kadereit , Gunther Neuhaus , Uwe Sonnewald : Strasburger - textbook of botany. Founded by E. Strasburger. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2008 (36th edition) ISBN 978-3827414557