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Golgi- and trans-Golgi network-mediated vesicle trafficking is required for wax secretion from epidermal cells.
Plant physiology - 1 Mar 2014
McFarlane Heather E, Watanabe Yoichiro, Yang Weili, Huang Yan, Ohlrogge John, Samuels A Lacey
Abstract excerpt
Lipid secretion from epidermal cells to the plant surface is essential to create the protective plant cuticle. Cuticular waxes are unusual secretory products, consisting of a variety of highly hydrophobic compounds including saturated very-long-chain alkanes, ketones, and alcohols. These compounds are synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) but must be trafficked to the plasma membrane for export by...
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