Table 1.
Genes known to be involved in cuticular wax response to drought stress.
| Gene name | Species | Function | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| CER1 | A. thaliana | Aldehyde decarbonylase | Aarts et al., 1995; Bourdenx et al., 2011 |
| CER6 | A. thaliana | 3-Ketoacyl-CoA synthase | Hooker et al., 2002; Karaba, 2007 |
| WAX2 | A. thaliana | Aldehyde decarbonylase | Chen et al., 2003; Karaba, 2007 |
| WIN1/SHN1 | A. thaliana | AP2/EREBP transcription factors | Aharoni et al., 2004; Broun et al., 2004 |
| SHN2 | A. thaliana | AP2/EREBP transcription factors | Aharoni et al., 2004 |
| SHN3 | A. thaliana | AP2/EREBP transcription factors | Aharoni et al., 2004 |
| WXP1 | M. truncatula | AP2 domain-containing putative transcription factor | Zhang et al., 2005 |
| OsWRKY89 | O. sativa | WRKY transcription factors | Wang et al., 2007 |
| LeCER6 | L. esculentum | 3-Ketoacyl-CoA synthase | Leide et al., 2007 |
| WXP2 | M. truncatula | AP2 domain-containing putative transcription factor | Zhang et al., 2007 |
| OsWSL1 | O. sativa | 3-Ketoacyl-CoA synthase | Yu et al., 2008 |
| OsGL1-1 | O. sativa | Aldehyde decarbonylase | Qin et al., 2011 |
| MYB96 | A. thaliana | MYB transcription factors | Seo et al., 2011 |
| OsGL1-2 | O. sativa | Fatty acid hydroxylase | Mao et al., 2012 |
| OsGL1-6 | O. sativa | Aldehyde decarbonylase | Zhou et al., 2013 |
| DWA1 | O. sativa | Fatty acyl-AMP ligase | Zhu and Xiong, 2013 |
| EsWAX1 | E. salsugineum | MYB transcription factors | Zhu et al., 2014 |
| MYB94 | A. thaliana | MYB transcription factors | Lee and Suh, 2015b |
| CsWAX2 | C. sativus | Aldehyde decarbonylase | Wang et al., 2015 |
| TaFAR2/3/4 | T. aestivum | Fatty acyl-coenzyme A reductase | Wang et al., 2016 |