The bundle sheath of rice is conditioned to play an active role in water transport as well as sulfur assimilation and jasmonic acid synthesis
L. Hua, S. R. Stevenson, I. Reyna-Llorens, H. Xiong, S. Kopriva, J. M. Hibberd
The paper identifies gene expression patterns in rice bundle sheath cells, showing specialization in water transport, sulfur assimilation, and jasmonic acid synthesis, with conservation across C3 species.
bioRxiv · Apr 16, 2021Plant Biology