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Nature Cell Biology 8, 311 - 312 (2006)
doi:10.1038/ncb0406-311

Opening the door to CO2

Laura Serna1

  1. Laura Serna is in the Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, E-45071 Toledo, Spain. e-mail: laura.serna@uclm.es


Gas exchange between the plant and the atmosphere depends on the opening of pores located primarily on the surfaces of leaves. A protein that regulates pore opening in response to both atmospheric CO2 concentrations and blue light has now been identified.

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