@article {1677,
	title = {Characterization of Arabidopsis ABCG11/WBC11, an ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter that is required for cuticular lipid secretion},
	journal = {Plant Journal},
	volume = {52},
	number = {3},
	year = {2007},
	note = {Bird, David Beisson, Fred Brigham, Alexandra Shin, John Greer, Stephen Jetter, Reinhard Kunst, Ljerka Wu, Xuemin Yephremov, Alexander Samuels, Lacey},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {485-498},
	abstract = {ABCG11/WBC11, an ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter from Arabidopsis thaliana, is a key component of the export pathway for cuticular lipids. Arabidopsis wbc11 T-DNA insertional knock-out mutants exhibited lipidic inclusions inside epidermal cells similar to the previously characterized wax transporter mutant cer5, with a similar strong reduction in the alkanes of surface waxes. Moreover, the wbc11 knock-out mutants also showed defects not present in cer5, including post-genital organ fusions, stunted growth and a reduction in cutin load on the plant surface. A mutant line previously isolated in a forward genetics screen, called permeable leaves 1 (pel1), was identified as an allele of ABCG11/WBC11. The double knock-out wbc11 cer5 exhibited the same morphological and biochemical phenotypes as the wbc11 knock-out. A YFP-WBC11 fusion protein rescued a T-DNA knock-out mutant and was localized to the plasma membrane. These results show that WBC11 functions in secretion of surface waxes, possibly by interacting with CER5. However, unlike ABCG12/CER5, ABCG11/WBC11 is important to the normal process of cutin formation.},
	isbn = {0960-7412},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000250298600008},
	author = {Bird, D. and Beisson, F. and Brigham, A. and Shin, J. and Greer, S. and Jetter, R. and Kunst, L. and Wu, X. W. and Yephremov, A. and Samuels, L.}
}
