S.C. Lambie, M. Kretschmer, D. Croll, T.M. Haslam, L. Kunst, J. Klose, J.W. Kronstad (2016) The putative phospholipase Lip2 counteracts oxidative damage and influences the virulence of Ustilago maydis. Molecular Plant Pathology (DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12391)
L. Zhao and L. Kunst (2016) SUPERKILLER complex components are required for the RNA exosome-mediated control of cuticular wax biosynthesis in Arabidopsis inflorescence stems. Plant Physiol. 171:960-973.
P. Lam, L. Zhao, N. Eveleigh, Y. Yu, X. Chen, and L. Kunst (2015) The exosome and trans-acting siRNAs regulate cuticular wax biosynthesis during Arabidopsis inflorescence stem development. Plant Physiol. 167:323-336.
T. M. Haslam, R. Haslam, D. Thoraval, S. Pascal, C. Delude, F. Domergue, A. Mañas Fernández, F. Beaudoin, J. A. Napier, L. Kunst, J. Joubès (2015) ECERIFERUM2-LIKE proteins have unique biochemical and physiological functions in very-long-chain fatty acid elongation. Plant Physiol. 167:682-692.
C. Nawrath, L. Schreiber, R. Franke, N. Geldner, J. J. Reina-Pinto and L. Kunst (2013) Apoplastic Diffusion Barriers in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Arabidopsis Book 2013 (http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1199/tab.0167)
T. Roscoe and L. Kunst (2013) Seed Power: Increasing Oil Content by Redirecting Carbon Flux During Development. International Innovation Article 2013
T. M. Haslam and L. Kunst (2013) Extending the story of very-long-chain fatty acid elongation. Plant Science 210: 93– 107.
T. M. Haslam and L. Kunst (2013) Wax Analysis of Stem and Rosette Leaves in Arabidopsis thaliana. Bio-Protocols. (http://www.bio-protocol.org/wenzhang.aspx?id=782)
E. Sakuradani, L. Zhao, T. M. Haslam and L. Kunst (2012) The CER22 gene required for the synthesis of cuticular wax alkanes in Arabidopsis thaliana is allelic to CER1. Planta 237:731–738.
T.M. Haslam, A. Mañas Fernández, L. Zhao, and L. Kunst (2012) Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM2 is a component of the fatty acid elongation machinery required for fatty acid extension to exceptional lengths. Plant Physiol. 160: 1164-1174.
P. Lam, L. Zhao, H.E. McFarlane, M. Aiga, V. Lam, T.S. Hooker, and L. Kunst (2012) RDR1 and SGS3, components of RNA-mediated gene silencing, are required for regulation of cuticular wax biosynthesis in developing stems of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 159: 1385-1395.
L. Shi, V. Katavic, Y. Yu, L. Kunst, and G. Haughn, (2012) Arabidopsis glabra2 mutant seeds deficient in mucilage biosynthesis produce more oil. Plant J. 69, 37-46.
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L. Zhao, V. Katavic, F. Li, G. W. Haughn, and L. Kunst (2010) Insertional mutant analysis reveals that LONG-CHAIN ACYL-COA SYNTHETASE 1 (LACS1), but not LACS8, functionally overlaps with LACS9 in Arabidopsis seed oil biosynthesis. Plant J. 64, 1048-1058.
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L. Kunst and L. Samuels (2009) Plant cuticles shine: advances in wax biosynthesis and export. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 12: 721-727
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X. Wu, F. Beaudoin, F. Li, R. P. Haslam, J. E. Markham, H. Zheng, J. A. Napier and L. Kunst (2009) Functional characterization of the Arabidopsis thaliana β-ketoacyl-CoA reductase candidates of the fatty acid elongase. Plant Physiology 150:1174-1191.
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A. DeBono, T. Yeats, J.K.C. Rose, D. Bird, R. Jetter, L. Kunst and A.L.Samuels (2009) LTPG is a
glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored lipid transfer protein required for export of lipids to the plant surface. Plant Cell 21: 1230-1238.
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F. Li, X. Wu, P. Lam, D. Bird, H. Zheng, L. Samuels, R. Jetter and L. Kunst (2008) Identification of the wax ester synthase/acyl-coenzyme A:diacylglycerol acyltransferase WSD1 required for stem wax ester biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 148:97-107.
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R. Jetter and L. Kunst (2008) Plant surface lipid biosynthetic pathways and their utility for metabolic engineering of waxes and hydrocarbon biofuels. Plant J. 54: 670–683.
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L. Samuels, L. Kunst, and R. Jetter (2008) Sealing plant surfaces: Cuticular wax formation by epidermal cells. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 59: 683-707.
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S. Greer, M. Wen, D. Bird, X. Wu, L. Samuels, L. Kunst, and R. Jetter (2007) The cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP96A15 is the mid-chain alkane hydroxylase responsible for formation of secondary alcohols and ketones in stem cuticular wax of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. 145: 653-667.
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O. Rowland, R. Lee, R. Franke, L. Schreiber and L. Kunst (2007) The CER3 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana is allelic toWAX2/YRE/FLP1 and is required for cuticular wax biosynthesis. FEBS Lett. 581: 3538–3544.
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D. Bird, F. Beisson, A. Brigham, J. Shin, S. Greer, R. Jetter, L. Kunst, X. Wu, A. Yephremov, and L. Samuels (2007) Characterization of Arabidopsis ABCG11/WBC11, an ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter that is required for cuticular lipid secretion. Plant J. 52: 485-498.
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M. Dauk, P. Lam, L. Kunst, and M.A. Smith (2007) A FAD2 homologue from Lesquerella lindheimeri has predominantly fatty acid hydroxylase activity, Plant Science 173: 43–49.
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C. Lai, L. Kunst and R. Jetter (2007) Composition of alkyl esters in the cuticular wax on inflorescence stems of Arabidopsis thaliana cer mutants. Plant J. 50: 189-196.
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T. S. Hooker, P. Lam, H. Zheng, and L. Kunst (2007) A core subunit of the RNA-processing/degrading exosome specifically influences cuticular wax biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 19: 904–913.
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O. Rowland, H. Zheng, S.R. Hepworth, P. Lam, R. Jetter, and L. Kunst (2006) CER4 encodes an alcohol-forming fatty acyl-coenzyme A reductase involved in cuticular wax production in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 142: 866-877.
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M.C. Suh, A. L. Samuels, R. Jetter, L. Kunst, M. Pollard, J. Ohlrogge, and F. Beisson (2005) Cuticular lipid composition, surface structure, and gene expression in Arabidopsis stem epidermis. Plant Physiol. 139: 1649–1665. .
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H. Zheng, O. Rowland, and L. Kunst (2005) Disruptions of the Arabidopsis enoyl-CoA reductase gene reveal an essential role for very-long-chain fatty acid synthesis in cell expansion during plant morphogenesis. Plant Cell 17: 1467-1481.
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H. Moon, G. Chowrira, O. Rowland, B. J.Blacklock,M. A. Smith, and L. Kunst (2004) A root-specific condensing enzyme fromLesquerella fendleri that elongates very-long-chain saturated fatty acids. Plant Mol. Biol. 56: 917-927.
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J. A. Pighin, H. Zheng, L. J. Balakshin, I. P. Goodman, T. L. Western, R. Jetter, L. Kunst, and A. L. Samuels (2004) Plant cuticular lipid export requires an ABC transporter. Science 306: 702-704.**
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A.L. Samuels, and L. Kunst (2003) Wax biosynthesis and secretion in plants. Progress in Lipid Research 42: 51-80.
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M.A. Smith, H. Moon, G. Chowrira, and L. Kunst (2003) Heterologous expression of fatty acid hydroxylase genes in developing seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta 217: 507-516.
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H. Zheng, L. Kunst, C. Hawes and I. Moore (2003) A GFP-based assay reveals a role for RHD3 in transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. Plant J. 37: 398-414.
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T.S. Hooker, A.A. Millar, and L. Kunst (2002) Significance of the expression of the CER6 condensing enzyme for epicuticular wax production and overproduction in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 129: 1568-1580.
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H. Moon, M.A. Smith, and L. Kunst (2001) A condensing enzyme from the seeds of Lesquerella fendleri that specifically elongates hydroxy fatty acids. Plant Physiol. 127: 1635-1643.
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M. Rossak, M.A. Smith, and L. Kunst (2001) Expression of the FAE1 gene and FAE1 promoter activity in developing seeds ofArabidopsis thaliana. Plant Mol. Biol. 46: 717-725.
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A.A. Millar, M.A. Smith and L. Kunst (2000) All fatty acids are not equal: discrimination in plant membrane lipids. Trends Plant. Sci. 5: 95-101.
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A.A. Millar and L. Kunst (1999) Natural genetic variation of the fatty-acyl composition of seed oils in different ecotypes ofArabidopsis thaliana. Phytochemistry 52: 1029-1033.
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A.A. Millar, S. Clemens, S. Zachgo, E.M. Giblin, D.C. Taylor and L. Kunst (1999) CUT1, an Arabidopsis gene required for cuticular wax biosynthesis and pollen fertility, encodes a very-long-chain fatty acid condensing enzyme. Plant Cell 11: 825-838. (full journal in .pdf)
A.A. Millar, M. Wrischer and L. Kunst (1998) Accumulation of very long chain fatty acids in membrane glycerolipids is associated with dramatic alterations in plant morphology. Plant Cell 11: 1889-1902.
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A.A. Millar and L. Kunst (1997) Very long chain fatty acid biosynthesis is controlled through the expression and specificity of the condensing enzyme. Plant J. 12: 121-131.
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V. Katavic, D.W. Reed, D.C. Taylor, E.M. Giblin, D.L. Barton, J. Zou, S.L. MacKenzie, P.S. Covello and L. Kunst (1995) Alteration of seed fatty acid composition by an EMS-induced mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana affecting diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity. Plant Physiol. 108: 399-409.
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L. Kunst, D.C. Taylor and E.W. Underhill (1992) Fatty acid elongation in developing seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 30: 425-434.
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