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Plant Physiology: Redefining the Enigma of Metabolism in Stomatal Movement
1Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
Current Biology : CB
|February 10, 2016
Abstract:
Stomata open at the leaf epidermis, driven by solute accumulation in the surrounding guard cells. Transmembrane ion transport has long been recognised to contribute to this process. A new study makes it clear that guard cells also metabolise starch to accelerate opening.
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