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Monoclonal antibodies to three separate domains on 124 kilodalton phytochrome from Avena

Journal Article · · Plant Physiol.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.76.3.622· OSTI ID:6057727
Forty-six monoclonal antibodies have been prepared against 124 kilodalton phytochrome from Avena sativa cv Garry. Clones grown in mice have yielded ascites fluids wtih antibodies which bind to three distinct regions of the molecule, as visualized by immunoblot analysis of proteolytically produced peptides of the protein. One antibody group (type 1) recognizes an antigenic domain(s) that lies within 6 kilodaltons of the amino terminus of the molecule, a region critical to correct protein-chromophore interaction. The second group (type 2) binds to an antigenic site(s) present within the chromophore-containing half of the molecule that is adjacent to the domain recognized by the type 1 antibodies. The third group (type 3) recognizes an antigenic site(s) that resides in the nonchromophoric, carboxy terminal end.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-81ER10903
OSTI ID:
6057727
Journal Information:
Plant Physiol.; (United States), Journal Name: Plant Physiol.; (United States) Vol. 76:3; ISSN PLPHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English