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A core subunit of the RNA-processing/degrading exosome specifically influences cuticular wax biosynthesis in Arabidopsis.
The Plant cell - 1 Mar 2007
Hooker Tanya S, Lam Patricia, Zheng Huanquan, Kunst Ljerka
Abstract excerpt
The cuticle is an extracellular matrix composed of cutin polyester and waxes that covers aerial organs of land plants and protects them from environmental stresses. The Arabidopsis thaliana cer7 mutant exhibits reduced cuticular wax accumulation and contains considerably lower transcript levels o...
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