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Phylogenetic Analysis Of Nadp-Malic Enzyme And Its Expression In Arabidopsis Thaliana Guard Cells, Erin Horning
Phylogenetic Analysis Of Nadp-Malic Enzyme And Its Expression In Arabidopsis Thaliana Guard Cells, Erin Horning
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Decreased crop yield as a result of insufficient freshwater supply is a distressing problem in world agriculture today. Plants lose water via transpiration through pores located in the epidermis on the underside of the leaf referred to as stomata. The aperture of such a pore is regulated by two adjacent guard cells that swell and subside as water follows ions that are pumped into and from the cell in response to changing environmental conditions. Our hypothesis that one of the six NADP-malic enzyme isoforms in Arabidopsis thaliana is guard-cell specific and plays a role in the mechanism of closing the …