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The identification of genes involved in the stomatal response to reduced atmospheric relative humidity.
Current biology : CB - 9 May 2006
Xie Xiaodong, Wang Yibing, Williamson Lisa, Holroyd Geoff H, Tagliavia Cecilia, Murchie Erik, Theobald Julian, Knight Marc R, Davies William J, Leyser H M Ottoline, Hetherington Alistair M
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Stomatal pores of higher plants close in response to decreases in atmospheric relative humidity (RH). This is believed to be a mechanism that prevents the plant from losing excess water when exposed to a dry atmosphere and as such is likely to have been of evolutionary significance during the colonization of terrestrial environments by the embryophytes. We have conducted a genetic screen, based on infrared...
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