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. 2017 Jul 18;7:5739. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06016-2

Figure 3.

Figure 3

BIL4 positively affects the size of leaf epidermal cells. (a) Rosette leaves of wild-type, BIL4-OX and BIL4-RNAi-2 (RNAi-2) plants 6 weeks after sowing. (b) Leaf area of wild-type, BIL4-OX and RNAi-2 plants. The results are presented as the mean ± s.d., n = 5 leaves. Asterisks indicate a significant difference from the wild-type plants (P < 0.01 by Student’s t-test). (c) Confocal images of the epidermis of 6-week-old wild-type, BIL4-OX and RNAi-2 rosette leaves stained with PI. Scale bar, 50 μm. (d) Cell size in the epidermis of wild-type, BIL4-OX and RNAi-2 rosette leaves. The results are presented as the mean ± s.d., n = 9 areas. Asterisks indicate a significant difference from the wild-type plant (P < 0.01 by Student’s t-test). (e) Epidermal cell number of wild-type, BIL4-OX and RNAi-2 rosette leaves. The results are presented as the mean ± s.d., n = 5 leaves; n.s. indicates no significant difference from the wild-type plants (by Student’s t-test).