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Arabidopsis homeodomain-leucine zipper IV proteins promote stomatal development and ectopically induce stomata beyond the epidermis.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 2013
Peterson Kylee M, Shyu Christine, Burr Christian A, Horst Robin J, Kanaoka Masahiro M, Omae Minami, Sato Yutaka, Torii Keiko U
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The shoot epidermis of land plants serves as a crucial interface between plants and the atmosphere: pavement cells protect plants from desiccation and other environmental stresses, while stomata facilitate gas exchange and transpiration. Advances have been made in our understanding of stomatal patterning and differentiation, and a set of 'master regulatory' transcription factors of stomatal development have been...
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