There's more than one way to skin a fruit: Formation and functions of fruit cuticles

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4639-4651

  Martin, Laetitia B B ^a   Rose, Jocelyn K C ^a  

^a Department of Plant Biology Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticle; cutin; epidermis; fruit; tomato; wax

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUIT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT GENE;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; PLANT EPIDERMIS;

EID: 84905453363     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru301     Document Type: Review

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