Fig. 7From: Maize male sterile 33 encodes a putative glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase that mediates anther cuticle formation and microspore developmentAnalysis of anther wax and cutin monomers in the wild type and ms33. (a) Total cutin and wax level per unit of surface area in wild-type and ms33 anthers. Error bars indicate SD (n = 5). *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01. (b) Wax constituent level per unit of surface area in wild-type and ms33 anthers. Error bars indicate SD (n = 5). Compound names are abbreviated as follows: C23:0 Alkanes, tricosane; C25:0 Alkanes, pentacosane; C27:0 Alkanes, heptacosane; C29:0 Alkanes, nonacosane; C31:0 Alkanes, hentriacontane; C33:0 Alkanes, tritriacontane; C24:0 alcohol, 1-tetracosanol; C26:0 alcohol, 1-hexacosanol; C28:0 alcohol, octacosanol; C20:0 acid, eicosanoic acid; C22:0 acid, docosanoic acid; C24:0 acid, tetracosanoic acid; C26:0 acid, hexacosanoic acid. Error bars indicate SD (n = 5). *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01. (c) Cutin constituent level per unit of surface area in wild-type and ms33 anthers. Error bars indicate SD (n = 5). Compound names are abbreviated as follows: C16:0 acid, palmitic acid; C18:0 acid, stearic acid; C18:1 acid, oleic acid; C18:2 acid, linoleic acid, C18:3 acid, linolenic acid; C20:0 acid, eicosanoic acid; C22:0 acid, docosanoic acid; C24:0 acid, tetracosanoic acid; C26:0 acid, hexacosanoic acid; C16:0 2-OH acid, 2-hydroxy-palmitic acid; C18:0 2-OH acid, 2-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid; C22:0 2-OH acid, 2-hydroxy-docosanoic acid; C24:0 2-OH acid, 2-hydroxy-tetracosanoic acid; C26:0 2-OH acid, 2-hydroxy-hexacosanoic acid; C16:0 16-OH acid, 16-hydroxy-hexadecanoic acid; C18:1 18-OH acid, 18-hydroxy-9-octadecenoic acid. Error bars indicate SD (n = 5). *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01Back to article page