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ReviewAnnals of botany2024

Architecture and functions of stomatal cell walls in eudicots and grasses.

Leila Jaafar, Charles T Anderson

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Review in Annals of botany, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Origins of stomatal mechanics in grasses.Nature communications · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Leila JaafarDepartment of Biology and Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Bioscience Graduate Program, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6334-6266
Charles T AndersonDepartment of Biology and Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Bioscience Graduate Program, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7481-3571

Funding

National Science Foundation MCB-2015943
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLike all plant cells, the guard cells of stomatal complexes are encased in cell walls that are composed of diverse, interacting networks of polysaccharide polymers. The properties of these cell walls underpin the dynamic deformations that occur in guard cells as they expand and contract to drive the opening and closing of the stomatal pore, the regulation of which is crucial for photosynthesis and water transport in plants. SCOPE: Our understanding of how cell wall mechanics are influenced by the nanoscale assembly of cell wall polymers in guard cell walls, how this architecture changes over stomatal development, maturation and ageing and how the cell walls of stomatal guard cells might be tuned to optimize stomatal responses to dynamic environmental stimuli is still in its infancy.

conclusionIn this review, we discuss advances in our ability to probe experimentally and to model the structure and dynamics of guard cell walls quantitatively across a range of plant species, highlighting new ideas and exciting opportunities for further research into these actively moving plant cells.

Indexed as

Cell WallPlant StomataPoaceaeArabidopsis thalianabiomechanicsBrachypodium distachyoncelluloseguard cellshemicellulosepectinplant cell wallstomatal complex

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PMID38757189
PMCPMC11232514

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