Quantification of cuticular permeability in genetically modified plants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2547-2552

  Kerstiens, Gerhard ^a   Schreiber, Lukas ^b   Lendzian, Klaus J ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Biomembranes; Cuticle; Cuticular waxes; Functional genetics; Hedera helix; Transpiration; Water permeability

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BIOMEMBRANES; CUTICLE; CUTICULAR WAXES; FUNCTIONAL GENETICS; HEDERA HELIX;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; TRANSPIRATION; WAXES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

WATER; WAX;

BOTANY; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENETICS; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; SWEATING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BOTANY; MEMBRANES; PERMEABILITY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; WATER; WAXES;

GENETICS; MEMBRANES; PLANTS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER PERMEABILITY; WAX;

EID: 33747880398     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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