Ortega M D
Departamento de Genética, E.T.S. Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad de Córdoba, España.
Microbiologia. 1988 Feb;4(1):61-4.
In Na+ grown yeast cells the vacuole is the main Na+ reservoir, maintaining higher Na+/K+ ratios than those in the cytoplasm. This asymmetric distribution may enhance Na+ tolerance. However, in growing cells the effect is of low significance.