Composition of alkyl esters in the cuticular wax on inflorescence stems of Arabidopsis thaliana cer mutants

Plant Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-196

  Lai, Christine ^a   Kunst, Ljerka ^a   Jetter, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acyl CoA; Biosynthesis; Fatty acids; Substrate specificity; Very long chain alcohols

Indexed keywords

ACYL COA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CUTICULAR WAX; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VERY LONG-CHAIN ALCOHOLS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FATTY ACIDS;

ESTERS;

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CUT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ESTER; FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLOWER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT STEM;

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALCOHOLS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FLOWERS; MUTATION; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT STEMS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; WAXES;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34247199013     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03054.x     Document Type: Article

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