The fruit cuticles of wild tomato species exhibit architectural and chemical diversity, providing a new model for studying the evolution of cuticle function

The positional sterile (ps) mutation affects cuticular transpiration and wax biosynthesis of tomato fruits

(2011) Jana Leide et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The MYB96 Transcription Factor Regulates Cuticular Wax Biosynthesis under Drought Conditions in Arabidopsis

(2011) P. J. Seo et al.   PLANT CELL

New Insights into the Properties of Pubescent Surfaces: Peach Fruit as a Model

(2011) V. Fernandez et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Ecological and geographic modes of species divergence in wild tomatoes

(2010) Takuya Nakazato et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Cytochrome P450 metabolizing fatty acids in plants: characterization and physiological roles

(2010) Franck Pinot et al.   FEBS Journal

Composition differences between epicuticular and intracuticular wax substructures: How do plants seal their epidermal surfaces?

(2010) C. Buschhaus et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Epidermis: the formation and functions of a fundamental plant tissue

(2010) Marie Javelle et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Two Oxidosqualene Cyclases Responsible for Biosynthesis of Tomato Fruit Cuticular Triterpenoids

(2010) Z. Wang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Do potatoes and tomatoes have a single evolutionary history, and what proportion of the genome supports this history?

(2009) Flor Rodriguez et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Plant cuticles shine: advances in wax biosynthesis and export

(2009) Ljerka Kunst et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Genetic and physiological analysis of tomato fruit weight and composition: influence of carbon availability on QTL detection

(2009) Marion Prudent et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Three-dimensional imaging of plant cuticle architecture using confocal scanning laser microscopy

(2009) Gregory J. Buda et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Cutin deficiency in the tomato fruit cuticle consistently affects resistance to microbial infection and biomechanical properties, but not transpirational water loss

(2009) Tal Isaacson et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The Impact of Water Deficiency on Leaf Cuticle Lipids of Arabidopsis

(2009) D. K. Kosma et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Surface lipids and plant defenses

(2009) José J. Reina-Pinto et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Nanoridges that characterize the surface morphology of flowers require the synthesis of cutin polyester

(2009) Y. Li-Beisson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sealing Plant Surfaces: Cuticular Wax Formation by Epidermal Cells

(2008) Lacey Samuels et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS IN THE WILD TOMATOES (SOLANUM SECT. LYCOPERSICON)

(2008) Leonie C. Moyle   EVOLUTION

Arabidopsis thaliana CYP77A4 is the first cytochrome P450 able to catalyze the epoxidation of free fatty acids in plants

(2008) Vincent Sauveplane et al.   FEBS Journal

Evolutionary and ecological functional genomics

(2008) T Mitchell-Olds et al.   HEREDITY

Building lipid barriers: biosynthesis of cutin and suberin

(2008) Mike Pollard et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE