InterPro domain: IPR039455

General Information

  • Identifier IPR039455
  • Description EPIDERMAL PATTERNING FACTOR-like protein
  • Number of genes 1242
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  • Associated GO terms GO:0010374  

Abstract

EPIDERMAL PATTERNING FACTOR (EPF) is a family of plant epidermal cell growth factors. It is a signalling peptide that determines the spacing and separation of the development of stomatal cells in the upper epidermis of plant leaf cells [ 1 , 2 ].


1. Direct interaction of ligand-receptor pairs specifying stomatal patterning. Genes Dev. 26, 126-36
2. Carbonic anhydrases, EPF2 and a novel protease mediate CO2 control of stomatal development. Nature 513, 246-50

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