5 Biosynthesis and Transport of Plant Cuticular Waxes
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 23: Biology of the Plant Cuticle
Ljerka Kunst,
Reinhard Jetter,
A. Lacey Samuels,
Ljerka Kunst
Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada
Search for more papers by this authorReinhard Jetter
Departments of Botany and Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 3510-6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada
Search for more papers by this authorA. Lacey Samuels
Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada
Search for more papers by this authorLjerka Kunst,
Reinhard Jetter,
A. Lacey Samuels,
Ljerka Kunst
Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada
Search for more papers by this authorReinhard Jetter
Departments of Botany and Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 3510-6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada
Search for more papers by this authorA. Lacey Samuels
Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada
Search for more papers by this authorThis article was originally published in 2006 in Biology of the Plant Cuticle, Volume 23 (ISBN 9781405132688) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Markus Riederer and Caroline Müller. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Synthesis of Very Long-Chain Fatty Acid Wax Precursors
- Biosynthetic Pathways to Monofunctional Aliphatics
- Triterpenoid Biosynthesis
- Regulation of Wax Biosynthesis
- Wax Biosynthesis and Transport in the Context of the Epidermal Cell
- Concluding Remarks
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