Figure 1: CD1 is a GDSL family protein that localizes to the nascent cuticle. Figure 2: The identification of 2-MHG in the soluble surface lipids of cd1 fruit. In vivo ester synthesis via ...

Scientists have found that wheat plants resistant to Hessian fly larvae attack increase production of surface waxes and cutin. In plants susceptible to the larvae, the genes thought to be responsible ...

Having emerged late during evolution, seeds have transformed many plants into miniature travelers, contributing greatly to their colonization of terrestrial habitats. Researchers have just discovered ...

Plants use a hydrophobic cuticle made of cutin and waxes to protect themselves from the environment. Investigation of a tomato mutant deficient in cutin biosynthesis now reveals the first cutin ...

- (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids ...