Composition and physiological function of the wax layers coating Arabidopsis leaves: β-Amyrin negatively affects the intracuticular water barrier

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1120-1129

  Buschhaus, Christopher ^a   Jetter, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84867137564     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.198473     Document Type: Article

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