title: Answering a four decade-old question on epicuticular wax biosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada, 89557, USA dkosma@unr.edu owen.rowland@carleton.ca.
authors.forename: Dylan K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kosma
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada.
authors.forename: Owen
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rowland
mesh_terms: D001467:Hordeum; D014885:Waxes
chemical_list: D014885:Waxes
keywords: Barley (Hordeum vulgare); Cer-cqu gene cluster; carboxylesterase; cytochrome P450; diketone synthase (DKS); epicuticular wax; esterified alkan-2-ols; hydroxy-β-diketones; lipase; type III polyketide synthase (PKS).; β-diketone aliphatics