title: Plant development: YODA the stomatal switch.
abstract: The appearance of stomatal pores during plant evolution is believed to have been a crucial step in land colonisation. A recent screen for genes involved in stomatal development has identified for the first time a mutant plant with no stomata; the results implicate a MAP kinase cascade in stomatal development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
authors.forename: Julie E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Alistair M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hetherington
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D020930:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000196:embryology*; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D020930:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases; C481302:YODA protein, Arabidopsis; C409222:SDD1 protein, Arabidopsis; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases