Open AccessMaking Holes in Leaves: Promoting Cell State Transitions in Stomatal Development
Author(s) -
M. Kathryn Barton
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.107.051177
Subject(s) - biology , state (computer science) , botany , computer science , algorithm
The leaves and stems of land plants are covered with a waxy cuticle that prevents water loss but also causes a problem for gas exchange. To cope with this problem, land plants have evolved pores, or stomata, in the epidermis. A stoma consists of two symmetrically opposed guard cells: specialized
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