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Intercellular strands associated with stomata: Stomatal pectic strands

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Pectic strands are shown to connect the lower stomatal ledges and to develop across the posterior chamber of a number of plant species. Similar strands are formed between guard cells and subsidiary cells, and between epidermal cells.

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  1. Department of Developmental Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra City

    D. J. Carr, S. G. M. Carr & R. Jahnke

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Carr, D.J., Carr, S.G.M. & Jahnke, R. Intercellular strands associated with stomata: Stomatal pectic strands. Protoplasma 102, 177–182 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01276958

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