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Long noncoding miRNA gene represses wheat β-diketone waxes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 Apr 2017
Huang Daiqing, Feurtado J Allan, Smith Mark A, Flatman Leah K, Koh Chushin, Cutler Adrian J
Abstract excerpt
The cuticle of terrestrial plants functions as a protective barrier against many biotic and abiotic stresses. In wheat and other Triticeae, β-diketone waxes are major components of the epicuticular layer leading to the bluish-white glaucous trait in reproductive-age plants. Glaucousness in durum wheat is controlled by a metabolic gene cluster at the WAX1 (W1) locus and a dominant suppressor INHIBITOR of WAX1...
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