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wax metabolic process

Known as: wax metabolism 
The chemical reactions and pathways involving wax, a compound containing C16 and C18 fatty acids. [GOC:sm]
National Institutes of Health

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2019
2019
The Galleria mellonella Hologenome Supports Microbiota-Independent Metabolism of Long-Chain Hydrocarbon Beeswax.
The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella, degrades wax and plastic molecules. Despite much interest, the genetic basis of these… Expand
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2018
2018
Comparative analysis of the root transcriptomes of cultivated and wild rice varieties in response to Magnaporthe oryzae infection revealed both common and species-specific pathogen responses
BackgroundMagnaporthe oryzae, the causal fungus of rice blast disease, negatively impacts global rice production. Wild rice… Expand
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2018
2018
Fine Mapping and Candidate Gene Identification for Wax Biosynthesis Locus, BoWax1 in Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata
Cuticular waxes play important roles in plant protection against various biotic and abiotic environmental stresses. The cuticular… Expand
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2017
2017
Leaf Surface Wax Composition of Genetically Diverse Mulberry ( Morus sp.) Genotypes and its Close Association with Expression of Genes Involved in Wax Metabolism
Silkworm ( Bombyx mori ), the primary producer of silk, has strong feeding preference for most turgid and hydrated mulberry… Expand
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2017
2017
Fine mapping of BoGL1, a gene controlling the glossy green trait in cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. Var. capitata)
The cuticular wax covering epidermal cells causes the glaucous appearance in cabbage. As a protective barrier, cuticular wax… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Arabidopsis CER8 encodes LONG-CHAIN ACYL-COA SYNTHETASE 1 (LACS1) that has overlapping functions with LACS2 in plant wax and cutin synthesis.
Plant cuticle is an extracellular lipid-based matrix of cutin and waxes, which covers aerial organs and protects them from many… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Overexpression of a grapevine R2R3-MYB factor in tomato affects vegetative development, flower morphology and flavonoid and terpenoid metabolism.
Although the terpenoid pathway constitutes, with the phenylpropanoid metabolism, the major pathway of secondary metabolism in… Expand
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2005
2005
Wax constituents on the inflorescence stems of double eceriferum mutants in Arabidopsis reveal complex gene interactions.
To shed new light on gene involvement in plant cuticular-wax production, 11 eceriferum (cer) mutants of Arabidopsis having… Expand
2004
2004
Vegetation of Israel. I. Desert and Coastal Vegetation. Edited by Avinoam Danin and Gideon Orshan
This book contains 129 proceedings covering most of the oral and poster presentations presented at the 12th International… Expand
1990
1990
The use of paraffin wax metabolism in the speciation of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare.
Paraffin-wax utilisation or baiting of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI) complex organisms and other 'atypical… Expand
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