title: Stomatal Patterning: SERKs Put the Mouths in Their Right Place.
abstract: Plants have stomata, mouth-like pores on their surface, to adjust to environmental changes such as temperature and humidity to ensure optimum physiology and metabolism. A new study adds a key player, SERK, to the signal-sensing apparatus to inform where stomata are to be formed on the leaf.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA; Molecular and Cell Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA; Plant Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. Electronic address: acheung@biochem.umass.edu.
authors.forename: Alice Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA; Molecular and Cell Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
authors.forename: Hen-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases