Arabidopsis cuticular wax biosynthesis is negatively regulated by the DEWAX gene encoding an AP2/ERF-type transcription factor

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1666-1680

  Go, Young Sam ^a   Kim, Hyojin ^a   Kim, Hae Jin ^a,b   Suh, Mi Chung ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84901396012     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.123307     Document Type: Article

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