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Organ fusion and defective cuticle function in a lacs1 lacs2 double mutant of Arabidopsis.
Planta - 1 Apr 2010
Weng Hua, Molina Isabel, Shockey Jay, Browse John
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As the outermost layer on aerial tissues of the primary plant body, the cuticle plays important roles in plant development and physiology. The major components of the cuticle are cutin and cuticular wax, both of which are composed primarily of fatty acid derivatives synthesized in the epidermal cells. Long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases (LACS) catalyze the formation of long-chain acyl-CoAs and the Arabidopsis genome...
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