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Stomatal Patterning and Guard Cell Differentiation

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Part of the book series: Plant Cell Monographs ((CELLMONO,volume 9))

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Gas exchange between plants and the atmosphere takes place through stomata (singular,stoma), which are microscopic valves on the plant epidermis composed of paired guard cells. Stomatal differentiationinvolves a series of asymmetric divisions of precursor cells followed by a single symmetric celldivision that produces terminally differentiated guard cell pairs. Stomatal development emerged as a modelsystem to study how environmental- and cell-cell signals translate into site/orientation of asymmetric celldivision and cell-type differentiation. This chapter focuses on cell-state transition events leading toguard cell differentiation in the model plant Arabidopsis, and cell-cell signaling mechanisms controllingstomatal patterning. Understanding how cell-cycle regulators influence stomatal patterning and differentiationwill advance our knowledge of cell division control in plant development.

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Torii, K.U. (2007). Stomatal Patterning and Guard Cell Differentiation. In: Verma, D.P.S., Hong, Z. (eds) Cell Division Control in Plants. Plant Cell Monographs, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7089_2007_135

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