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Cuticular Wax Layer

Cuticular Wax Layer is a structural component of the arthropod exoskeleton that consists of a hydrophobic coating secreted by the epidermis, distinguishing itself from other cuticular layers by its role in preventing desiccation and resisting environmental contaminants.

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388

Characterization and Distribution of Water-repellent, Self-cleaning Plant Surfaces

Christoph Neinhuis · Annals of Botany · 1997 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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Leaf Epicuticular Waxes

G. Eglinton, Richard Hamilton · Science · 1967 · 2.8K citations

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The SHINE Clade of AP2 Domain Transcription Factors Activates Wax Biosynthesis, Alters Cuticle Properties, and Confers Drought Tolerance when Overexpressed in Arabidopsis[W]

Asaph Aharoni, Shital Dixit, Reinhard Jetter et al. · The Plant Cell · 2004 · 864 citations · Full text

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BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF WAX PRODUCTION IN PLANTS

Dusty Post‐Beittenmiller · Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology · 1996 · 463 citations

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<i>CER4</i>Encodes an Alcohol-Forming Fatty Acyl-Coenzyme A Reductase Involved in Cuticular Wax Production in Arabidopsis

Owen Rowland, Huanquan Zheng, Shelley R. Hepworth et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2006 · 461 citations · Full text

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    Reinhard Jetter

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    25 publications · 3.9K citations

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  2. MR
    Markus Riederer

    University of Würzburg, Germany

    17 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. LS
    Lukas Schreiber

    University of Bonn, Germany

    12 publications · 731 citations

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    Mi Chung Suh

    Chonnam National University, South Korea

    10 publications · 1.4K citations

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    Matthew A. Jenks

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    11 publications · 985 citations

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Institutions

456

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    25 h-index

    90 publications

    15.7K citations

  2. University of Würzburg

    Würzburg, Germany

    20 h-index

    57 publications

    5.7K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    33 publications

    2.5K citations

  4. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    4.2K citations

  6. Chonnam National University

    Gwangju, South Korea

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    2.7K citations

  7. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    8 h-index

    28 publications

    3.2K citations

  8. Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria

    Rome, Italy

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    790 citations

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  1. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

    19 publications · 3.3K citations

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  2. Phytochemistry

    16 publications · 629 citations

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  3. Frontiers in Plant Science

    13 publications · 588 citations

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  4. The Plant Cell

    11 publications · 3.1K citations

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  5. Annals of Applied Biology

    10 publications · 491 citations

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