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Isolation and Compositional Analysis of Plant Cuticle Lipid Polyester Monomers
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Las membranas de biopolíester de las plantas: cutina y suberina

P E Kolattukudy

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |May 30, 1980
    PubMed
    Resumen

    Los biopolímeros vegetales cutina y suberina forman barreras protectoras. Sus enzimas de biosíntesis, estructura y degradación son clave para la defensa de las plantas y sus aplicaciones potenciales.

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