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From: Compound stress response in stomatal closure: a mathematical model of ABA and ethylene interaction in guard cells

Figure 4

Model of stomatal closure under ABA and ethylene stimuli. (Colour) All the nodes in this picture are either explicitly or implicitly included in equations (1)-(6). The input nodes are shown as yellow ellipses, variable nodes are shown in green ellipses, and nodes that are blue rectangles are implicitly represented in the equations. The two circular grey nodes represent parts of the signal transduction network whose components are not yet known, and we include them as linear activation cascades (see text). The cascade AOX1 (on left) is activated by performing a logical or operation on the ABA and ethylene signals, the presence of either suffices to elicit a response. The cascade upstream of AOX2 (on right) becomes activated by performing a logical and operation on the ABA and ethylene signals; the presence of both of them is required to elicit a response. Dashed lines represent proposed pathways that require experimental verification.

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