CUT1, an Arabidopsis gene required for cuticular wax biosynthesis and pollen fertility, encodes a very-long-chain fatty acid condensing enzyme

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 825-838

  Millar, Anthony A ^a   Clemens, Sabine ^a   Zachgo, Sabine ^b   Michael Giblin, E ^b   Taylor, David C ^c   Kunst, Ljerka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CUTICLE; FERTILITY; GENE LOCUS; MALE STERILITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; POLLEN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID CONDENSATION ENZYME; WAX;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033133552     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.5.825     Document Type: Article

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