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The roles of the cuticle in plant development: organ adhesions and beyond.
Journal of experimental botany - 9 Nov 2017
Ingram Gwyneth, Nawrath Christiane
Abstract excerpt
Cuticles, which are composed of a variety of aliphatic molecules, impregnate epidermal cell walls forming diffusion barriers that cover almost all the aerial surfaces in higher plants. In addition to revealing important roles for cuticles in protecting plants against water loss and other environmental stresses and aggressions, mutants with permeable cuticles show major defects in plant development, such as...
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