Exploiting Natural Variation to Uncover an Alkene Biosynthetic Enzyme in Poplar
Open Access
- 20 July 2017
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Plant Cell
- Vol. 29 (8) , 2000-2015
Abstract
A ketoacyl CoA synthase (PotriKCS1) is key to the biosynthesis of alkenes in the cuticular waxes of poplar leaves.Keywords
Funding Information
- Genome Canada (168BIO)
- U.S. Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (DOE Office of Science BER DE-FC02-07ER64494)
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