Cloning and characterization of the WAX2 gene of Arabidopsis involved in cuticle membrane and wax production

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1170-1185

  Chen, Xinbo ^a   Goodwin, S Mark ^a   Boroff, Virginia L ^a   Liu, Xionglun ^a   Jenks, Matthew A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

CUTICULAR WAXES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0038366775     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.010926     Document Type: Article

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