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The structures and functions of oligosaccharins

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:10194257
This document contains a summary of proposed research studying the role of oligosaccharins in developmental biology and in plant-microbe interactions. Research is described in the following areas of developmental biology: Use of the tobacco thin-cell-layer explant bioassay to screen for oligosaccharins that are able to regulate growth and morphogenesis; oligosaccharin receptors - searching for the receptor for biologically active alpha-1,4-oligogalacturnoides; molecular biology studies of endopolygalacturonase in tobacco tissues; investigation of membrane responses induced by oligogalacturonides; the effect of structurally defined oligosaccharins on plant gene expression. In the area of plant-microbe interactions research is focused on: do oligosaccharins elicit the hypersensitive resistance response, and the polygalacturonase-inhibitor protein (PGIP).
Research Organization:
Georgia Univ., Athens, GA (United States). Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG09-85ER13425
OSTI ID:
10194257
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/13425--T2; ON: DE95002796
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English