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Also known as waxes, waxy
thumb|right|Cetyl palmitate, a typical [[wax ester]] thumb|Commercial honeycomb foundation, made by pressing beeswax between patterned metal rollers
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Wax is a solid, waxy substance made up of fatty molecules that doesn't dissolve in water, and it's produced naturally by animals like bees (beeswax) and plants to protect their surfaces. It matters because wax has many practical uses in everyday products like candles, cosmetics, and food packaging, as well as in industrial applications.
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Research
18,008 papers- Bacterial wax synthesis.ReviewBiotechnology advances · 2021Martin LK, Huang WE, Thompson IPDOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2020.107680
- Cuticular wax in wheat: biosynthesis, genetics, and the stress response.ReviewFrontiers in plant science · 2024Tian R, Liu W, Wang Y et al.DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1498505
- Wax biosynthesis in response to danger: its regulation upon abiotic and biotic stress.ReviewThe New phytologist · 2020Lewandowska M, Keyl A, Feussner IDOI: 10.1111/nph.16571
- The production of wax esters in transgenic plants: towards a sustainable source of bio-lubricants.ReviewJournal of experimental botany · 2022Domergue F, Miklaszewska MDOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac046
- Wax Ester Fermentation and Its Application for Biofuel Production.ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology · 2017Inui H, Ishikawa T, Tamoi MDOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-54910-1_13
- Wax "Tails" Enable Planthopper Nymphs to Self-Right Midair and Land on Their Feet.Integrative and comparative biology · 2024McDonald CL, Alcalde GT, Jones TC 3rd et al.DOI: 10.1093/icb/icae104
- Manufacturing specialized wax esters in plants.Metabolic engineering · 2022Demski K, Ding BJ, Wang HL et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2022.05.005
- Bone wax technique for full-endoscopic lumbar laminotomy.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2023Inoue T, Joko M, Saito F et al.DOI: 10.21037/jss-22-64
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