Epicuticular Wax Accumulation and Fatty Acid Elongation Activities Are Induced during Leaf Development of Leeks

Plant Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 901-911

  Rhee, Yoon ^a   Hlousek Radojcic, Alenka ^a,b   Ponsamuel, Jayakumar ^a,c   Liu, Dehua ^a,d   Post Beittenmiller, Dusty ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b Richard Bland College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

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EID: 0344733249     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.3.901     Document Type: Article

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