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SUBMITTER: Vaten A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6177308 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vatén Anne A Soyars Cara L CL Tarr Paul T PT Nimchuk Zachary L ZL Bergmann Dominique C DC
Developmental cell 20180906 1
Coordinated growth of organs requires communication among cells within and between tissues. In plants, leaf growth is largely dictated by the epidermis; here, asymmetric and self-renewing divisions of the stomatal lineage create two essential cell types-pavement cells and guard cells-in proportions reflecting inputs from local, systemic, and environmental cues. The transcription factor SPEECHLESS (SPCH) is the prime regulator of divisions, but whether and how it is influenced by external cues to ...[more]