The formation and function of plant cuticles

TH Yeats, JKC Rose - Plant physiology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The plant cuticle is an extracellular hydrophobic layer that covers the aerial epidermis of all
land plants, providing protection against desiccation and external environmental stresses …

Regulatory mechanisms underlying cuticular wax biosynthesis

SB Lee, MC Suh - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Plants are sessile organisms that have developed hydrophobic cuticles that cover their
aerial epidermal cells to protect them from terrestrial stresses. The cuticle layer is mainly …

The plant polyester cutin: biosynthesis, structure, and biological roles

EA Fich, NA Segerson, JKC Rose - Annual review of plant …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Cutin, a polyester composed mostly of oxygenated fatty acids, serves as the framework of
the plant cuticle. The same types of cutin monomers occur across most plant lineages …

Advances in the understanding of cuticular waxes in Arabidopsis thaliana and crop species

SB Lee, MC Suh - Plant cell reports, 2015 - Springer
The aerial parts of plants are covered with a cuticle, a hydrophobic layer consisting of cutin
polyester and cuticular waxes that protects them from various environmental stresses …

Plant cutin genesis: unanswered questions

E Domínguez, JA Heredia-Guerrero, A Heredia - Trends in plant science, 2015 - cell.com
The genesis of cutin, the main lipid polymer present in the biosphere, has remained elusive
for many years. Recently, two main approaches have attempted to explain the process of …

Plant cuticles shine: advances in wax biosynthesis and export

L Kunst, L Samuels - Current opinion in plant biology, 2009 - Elsevier
The plant cuticle is an extracellular lipid structure deposited over the aerial surfaces of land
plants, which seals the shoot and protects it from biotic and abiotic stresses. It is composed …

Recent advances in cuticular wax biosynthesis and its regulation in Arabidopsis

SB Lee, MC Suh - Molecular plant, 2013 - cell.com
The aerial parts of land plants are covered with cuticular waxes that limit non-stomatal water
loss and gaseous exchanges, and protect plants from ultraviolet radiation and pathogen …

Wax biosynthesis in response to danger: its regulation upon abiotic and biotic stress

M Lewandowska, A Keyl, I Feussner - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The plant cuticle is the first physical barrier between land plants and their terrestrial
environment. It consists of the polyester scaffold cutin embedded and sealed with organic …

Revisiting the architecture, biosynthesis and functional aspects of the plant cuticle: There is more scope

V Bhanot, SV Fadanavis, J Panwar - Environmental and Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Having evolutionary significance in establishing colonization of terrestrial plants, cuticle
occurs to act as a continuous shield over the plant epidermal cells, facilitating multifunctional …

Arabidopsis cuticular waxes: advances in synthesis, export and regulation

A Bernard, J Joubès - Progress in lipid research, 2013 - Elsevier
Cuticular waxes and cutin form the cuticle, a hydrophobic layer covering the aerial surfaces
of land plants and acting as a protective barrier against environmental stresses. Very-long …