Title: Stomatal development in Arabidopsis: how to make a functional pattern
Abstract: During the development of multicellular organisms a large variety of different cell types and structures are arranged in predictable patterns. A crucial structure that forms during the development of all terrestrial plants is the stoma. The stoma is an epidermal structure consisting of two guard cells that delimit a stomatal pore. The shape of the guard cells changes in response to turgor pressure, allowing stomatal pore opening and closure. Changes in turgor pressure are brought about by bulk water and ion flow between the guard cells and the neighbouring epidermal cells. Thus, the presence of non-stomatal epidermal cells surrounding each stoma is necessary for stomatal movements and, therefore, for gas exchange between the plant and the atmosphere.
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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