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Inactivation of AtRac1 by abscisic acid is essential for stomatal closure.
Genes & development - 15 Jul 2001
Lemichez E, Wu Y, Sanchez J P, Mettouchi A, Mathur J, Chua N H
Abstract excerpt
Plant water homeostasis is maintained by the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA), which triggers stomatal pore closure in response to drought stress. We identified the Arabidopsis small guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) protein AtRac1 as a central component in the ABA-mediated stomatal closure process. ABA treatment induced inactivation of AtRac GTPases and disruption of the guard cell actin cytoskeleton. In...
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