Two highly specialized cells, the guard cells that surround the stomatal pore, are able to
integrate environmental and endogenous signals in order to control the stomatal aperture …

Size control of multicellular organisms poses a longstanding biological question that has
always fascinated scientists. Currently the question is far from being resolved because of the …

Bacteria establish complex, compositionally consistent communities on healthy leaves.
Ecological processes such as dispersal, diversification, ecological drift, and selection as well …

The temporal control of CONSTANS (CO) expression and activity is a key mechanism in
photoperiodic flowering in Arabidopsis. FLAVIN-BINDING, KELCH REPEAT, F-BOX 1 …

Stomata are specialized epidermal structures that regulate gas (CO2 and O2) and water
vapor exchange between plants and their environment. In Arabidopsis thaliana, stomatal …

The main route for CO2 and water vapor exchange between a plant and the environment is
through small pores called stomata. The accessibility of stomata and predictable division …

Stomata in the epidermal tissues of leaves are valves through which passes CO2, and as
such they influence the global carbon cycle. The two-dimensional pattern and density of …

Differentiation of specialized cell types in multicellular organisms requires orchestrated
actions of cell fate determinants. Stomata, valves on the plant epidermis, are formed through …

The establishment of new cell lineages during development often requires a symmetry-
breaking event. An asymmetric division in the epidermis of plants initiates a lineage that …

Stomata consist of a pair of guard cells that mediate gas and water-vapour exchange
between plants and the atmosphere. Stomatal precursor cells—meristemoids—possess a …