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The Root Cap Cuticle: A Cell Wall Structure for Seedling Establishment and Lateral Root Formation
Cell, 2019 The root cap surrounding the tip of plant roots is thought to protect the delicate stem cells in the root meristem. We discovered that the first layer of root cap cells is covered by an electron-opaque cell wall modification resembling a plant cuticle ...
Moritz K Nowack +2 more
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A relationship between tomato fruit softening, cuticle properties and water availability
Food Chemistry, 2019 While fleshy fruit softening has long been mechanistically linked to cell wall disassembly, the importance of the fruit cuticle in water relations and firmness has been suggested through studies of the long-shelf life delayed fruit deterioration (dfd ...
Paco Romero, Jocelyn K C Rose
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Current Biology, 2023 The plant cuticle is one of the key innovations that allowed plants to colonize terrestrial ecosystems. By limiting molecular diffusion, the cuticle provides an interface that ensures controlled interactions between plant surfaces and their environments.
Laura E. González-Valenzuela +3 more
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The armoured cuticle of the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens
Scientific Reports, 2023 We characterise in detail the larval and pupal cuticle of the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) , a key insect species in circular economy.
M. Rebora +6 more
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The Plant Cuticle: An Ancient Guardian Barrier Set Against Long-Standing Rivals
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 The aerial surfaces of plants are covered by a protective barrier formed by the cutin polyester and waxes, collectively referred to as the cuticle. Plant cuticles prevent the loss of water, regulate transpiration, and facilitate the transport of gases ...
G. C. Arya +4 more
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The role of cuticle in fruit shelf-life.
Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2022 Ensuring the availability of high-quality fresh fruits requires the development of strategies to maintain prolonged shelf-life. The plant cuticle is a modification of the outer epidermal cell wall and, as such, acts as a barrier with the environment ...
R. Fernández-Muñoz +2 more
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Radiationless mechanism of UV deactivation by cuticle phenolics in plants
Nature Communications, 2022 Hydroxycinnamic acids present in plant cuticles, the interphase and the main protective barrier between the plant and the environment, exhibit singular photochemical properties that could allow them to act as a UV shield.
A. González-Moreno +4 more
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Properties, Genetics and Innate Immune Function of the Cuticle in Egg-Laying Species
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Cleidoic eggs possess very efficient and orchestrated systems to protect the embryo from external microbes until hatch. The cuticle is a proteinaceous layer on the shell surface in many bird and some reptile species.
Garima Kulshreshtha +5 more
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Specific collagens maintain the cuticle permeability barrier in Caenorhabditis elegans
Genetics, 2021 Collagen-enriched cuticle forms the outermost layer of skin in nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The nematode’s genome encodes 177 collagens, but little is known about their role in maintaining the structure or barrier function of the cuticle.
Anjali Sandhu +4 more
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Biomechanics of insect cuticle: an interdisciplinary experimental challenge
Applied Physics A, 2021 The cuticle exoskeleton plays a key role in facilitating the evolutionary success of insects. Since the mid of the last century, many different biomechanical properties of exoskeletons have been investigated, always utilizing the most sophisticated ...
K. Stamm +2 more
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