Cloning and characterization of CER2, an Arabidopsis gene that affects cuticular wax accumulation

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1291-1304

  Xia, Yiji ^a   Nikolau, Basil J ^a   Schnable, Patrick S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030221855     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.8.1291     Document Type: Article

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