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. 2015 Oct 5;25(19):R838-40.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.049.

Stomatal Patterning: SERKs Put the Mouths in Their Right Place

Alice Y Cheung  1 , Hen-Ming Wu  2
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Stomatal Patterning: SERKs Put the Mouths in Their Right Place

Alice Y Cheung et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Plants have stomata, mouth-like pores on their surface, to adjust to environmental changes such as temperature and humidity to ensure optimum physiology and metabolism. A new study adds a key player, SERK, to the signal-sensing apparatus to inform where stomata are to be formed on the leaf.

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