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Cloning and characterization of the WAX2 gene of Arabidopsis involved in cuticle membrane and wax production.
The Plant cell - 1 May 2003
Chen Xinbo, Goodwin S Mark, Boroff Virginia L, Liu Xionglun, Jenks Matthew A
Abstract excerpt
Insertional mutagenesis of Arabidopsis ecotype C24 was used to identify a novel mutant, designated wax2, that had alterations in both cuticle membrane and cuticular waxes. Arabidopsis mutants with altered cuticle membrane have not been reported previously. Compared with the wild type, the cuticle membrane of wax2 stems weighed 20.2% less, and when viewed using electron microscopy, it was 36.4% thicker, less...
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