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Wax crystal-sparse leaf2, a rice homologue of WAX2/GL1, is involved in synthesis of leaf cuticular wax.
Planta - 1 Jan 2012
Mao Bigang, Cheng Zhijun, Lei Cailin, Xu Fenghua, Gao Suwei, Ren Yulong, Wang Jiulin, Zhang Xin, Wang Jie, Wu Fuqing, Guo Xiuping, Liu Xiaolu, Wu Chuanyin, Wang Haiyang, Wan Jianmin
Abstract excerpt
Epicuticular wax in plants limits non-stomatal water loss, inhibits postgenital organ fusion, protects plants against damage from UV radiation and imposes a physical barrier against pathogen infection. Here, we give a detailed description of the genetic, physiological and morphological consequences of a mutation in the rice gene WSL2, based on a comparison between the wild-type and an EMS mutant. The mutant's...
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