Answering a four decade-old question on epicuticular wax biosynthesis

Dylan K Kosma; Owen Rowland

doi:10.1093/jxb/erw144

Answering a four decade-old question on epicuticular wax biosynthesis

J Exp Bot. 2016 Apr;67(9):2538-40. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erw144.

Authors

Dylan K Kosma¹, Owen Rowland²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada, 89557, USA dkosma@unr.edu owen.rowland@carleton.ca.
² Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada.

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Keywords: Barley (Hordeum vulgare); Cer-cqu gene cluster; carboxylesterase; cytochrome P450; diketone synthase (DKS); epicuticular wax; esterified alkan-2-ols; hydroxy-β-diketones; lipase; type III polyketide synthase (PKS).; β-diketone aliphatics.

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MeSH terms

Hordeum*
Waxes*

Substances

Waxes