title: From milliseconds to millions of years: guard cells and environmental responses.
abstract: During the past year, significant advances have been made in our understanding of stomatal development and its response to climate change, and in our knowledge of how guard cell Ca(2+) oscillations encode environmental signals. Recent studies on (de)phosphorylation mechanisms have provided new information on how guard cells respond to abscisic acid and blue light.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Laboratory, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-5301, USA. sma3@psu.edu
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Assmann
authors.forename: X Q
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004777:Environment; D008027:Light; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D000040:Abscisic Acid; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases