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  Biosynthesis of barley wax β-diketones: a type-III polyketide synthase condensing two fatty acyl units

  Barley plants coat their organs with waxy diketones to protect against late-summer droughts. These diketones are formed by two enzymes, one diverting common fatty acids from normal metabolism and the other one linking two fatty acid units together.

  • Yulin Sun
  • Alberto Ruiz Orduna
  • Reinhard Jetter

  ResearchOpen Access10 Nov 2023 Nature Communications

  Volume: 14, P: 7284
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  Drought stress modify cuticle of tender tea leaf and mature leaf for transpiration barrier enhancement through common and distinct modes

  • Mingjie Chen
  • Xiaofang Zhu
  • Changsong Chen

  ResearchOpen Access21 Apr 2020 Scientific Reports

  Volume: 10, P: 6696
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  Tropomyosin-receptor kinase fused gene (TFG) regulates lipid production in human sebocytes

  • So-Ra Choi
  • Yul-Lye Hwang
  • Chang Deok Kim

  ResearchOpen Access29 Apr 2019 Scientific Reports

  Volume: 9, P: 6587
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  Tender leaf and fully-expanded leaf exhibited distinct cuticle structure and wax lipid composition in Camellia sinensis cv Fuyun 6

  • Xiaofang Zhu
  • Yi Zhang
  • Mingjie Chen

  ResearchOpen Access08 Oct 2018 Scientific Reports

  Volume: 8, P: 14944
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  Wax Ester Synthase/Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase Isoenzymes Play a Pivotal Role in Wax Ester Biosynthesis in Euglena gracilis

  • Takuya Tomiyama
  • Kaeko Kurihara
  • Takahiro Ishikawa

  ResearchOpen Access18 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports

  Volume: 7, P: 13504
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  Widespread exploitation of the honeybee by early Neolithic farmers

  Detection of molecular biomarkers characteristic of beeswax in pottery vessels at archaeological sites reveals that humans have exploited bee products (such as beeswax and honey) at least 9,000 years ago since the beginnings of agriculture.

  • Mélanie Roffet-Salque
  • Martine Regert
  • Jamel Zoughlami

  Research11 Nov 2015 Nature

  Volume: 527, P: 226-230