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Cell wall fucosylation in Arabidopsis influences control of leaf water loss and alters stomatal development and mechanical properties.
Journal of experimental botany - 18 Apr 2023
Panter Paige E, Seifert Jacob, Dale Maeve, Pridgeon Ashley J, Hulme Rachel, Ramsay Nathan, Contera Sonia, Knight Heather
Abstract excerpt
The Arabidopsis sensitive-to-freezing8 (sfr8) mutant exhibits reduced cell wall (CW) fucose levels and compromised freezing tolerance. To examine whether CW fucosylation also affects the response to desiccation, we tested the effect of leaf excision in sfr8 and the allelic mutant mur1-1. Leaf water loss was strikingly higher than in the wild type in these, but not other, fucosylation mutants. We hypothesized that...
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