ISSN:
1432-2048
Keywords:
Abscisic acid and embryogenesis
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Cell culture (embryogenesis)
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Daucus (somatic embryogenesis)
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Embryogenesis (somatic)
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LEA protein (late embryogenesis-abundant protein)
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract ECP31, an embryogenic-cell protein from carrot (Daucus carota L.), was purified by sequential column-chromatographic steps and digested by V8 protease on a nitrocellulose membrane. The resultant peptides were separated by reverse-phased column chromatography and sequenced. The sequences obtained were 70–80% homologous to those of a late-embryogenesis-abundant protein (D34) from cotton (Baker et al, 1988, Plant Mol. Biol. 11, 227–291). The level of ECP31 in somatic embryos of carrot was increased by treatment of the embryos with 3.7 · 10−6 M abscisic acid (ABA) for 48 h, and there was no change in this enhanced level for up to 192 h in the presence of ABA. No similar enhancing effect of ABA was observed on the level of ECP31 in embryogenic callus or segments of carrot hypocotyls. In an immunohistochemical analysis, ECP31 was found in epidermal tissue and in the vascular system of ABA-treated somatic embryos.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00195313
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