Arabidopsis cuticular waxes: Advances in synthesis, export and regulation

Progress in Lipid Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-129

  Bernard, Amélie ^a   Joubès, Jérôme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b University Victor Segalen   (France)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Alkane; Arabidopsis thaliana; Cuticle; Development; Stress; Transcription factor; Very long chain fatty acid; Wax

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; CUTICULAR WAX; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; NATURAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR SYNTHETIC DERIVATIVES; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTIC STRESS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; WAXES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84869867029     PISSN: 01637827     EISSN: 18732194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2012.10.002     Document Type: Review

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