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Self-assembled polyhydroxy fatty acids vesicles: a mechanism for plant cutin synthesis
✍ Scribed by José A. Heredia-Guerrero; José J. Benítez; Antonio Heredia
- Book ID
- 101711523
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 384 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0265-9247
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Despite its biological importance, the mechanism of formation of cutin, the polymeric matrix of plant cuticles, has not yet been fully clarified. Here, for the first time, we show the participation in the process of lipid vesicles formed by the self‐assembly of endogenous polyhydroxy fatty acids. The accumulation and fusion of these vesicles (cutinsomes) at the outer part of epidermal cell wall is proposed as the mechanism for early cuticle formation. BioEssays 30:273–277, 2008. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.