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Plant surface lipid biosynthetic pathways and their utility for metabolic engineering of waxes and hydrocarbon biofuels

  1. Reinhard Jetter1,2,*,
  2. Ljerka Kunst1

Article first published online: 9 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03467.x

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Jetter, R. and Kunst, L. (2008), Plant surface lipid biosynthetic pathways and their utility for metabolic engineering of waxes and hydrocarbon biofuels. The Plant Journal, 54: 670–683. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03467.x

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    Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, and

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    Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 6174 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada

* *(fax +1 604 822 6089; e-mail jetter@interchange.ubc.ca).

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  3. Received 28 November 2007; revised 8 February 2008; accepted 13 February 2008.

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