Advances in the understanding of cuticular waxes in Arabidopsis thaliana and crop species

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 557-572

  Lee, Saet Buyl ^a   Suh, Mi Chung ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Crop; Cuticle; Plant; Stress; Wax

Indexed keywords

WAX;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP; METABOLISM; PLANT EPIDERMIS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EPIDERMIS; WAXES;

EID: 84939963892     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-015-1772-2     Document Type: Review

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