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Self-assembled Polyhydroxy Fatty Acids Vesicles: a Mechanism for Plant Cutin Synthesis

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Journal Bioessays
Publisher Wiley
Date 2008 Feb 23
PMID 18293369
Citations 17
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Abstract

Despite its biological importance, the mechanism of formation of cutin, the polymeric matrix of plant cuticles, has not yet been fully clarified. Here, for the first time, we show the participation in the process of lipid vesicles formed by the self-assembly of endogenous polyhydroxy fatty acids. The accumulation and fusion of these vesicles (cutinsomes) at the outer part of epidermal cell wall is proposed as the mechanism for early cuticle formation.

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