Bundle sheath suberization in grass leaves: Multiple barriers to characterization

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3371-3380

  Mertz, Rachel A ^a,b   Brutnell, Thomas P ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundle sheath; Cell wall; Endodermis; Grasses; Mestome sheath; Physiology; Suberin

Indexed keywords

LIPID; SUBERIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CROP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CELL WALL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIPIDS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; POACEAE;

EID: 84911376257     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru108     Document Type: Review

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