Biochemistry and molecular biology of wax production in plants

Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 405-430

  Post Beittenmiller, Dusty ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensing enzme; Cuticular lipids; Elongase; Glossy; Very long chain fatty acid elongation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002963392     PISSN: 10402519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.47.1.405     Document Type: Article

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