| Literature DB >> 16660958 |
Abstract
A phytochrome radioimmunoassay with a detection limit of about 2 nanograms has been developed. The radioimmunoassay does not suffer from the potential drawbacks of the commonly used spectral assay and requires less than 1 microliter of crude extract from dark-grown plants for quantitation of phytochrome. Measurement of phytochrome in crude extracts by radioimmunoassay gives values about 25% greater than those obtained by spectral assay. The amount of phytochrome detected in crude extracts of light-grown oats by radioimmunoassay is approximately 1% of that detected in comparable extracts from dark-grown oats. General interference by crude plant extracts with radioimmunoassays was also observed and corrected for.Entities:
Year: 1979 PMID: 16660958 PMCID: PMC543080 DOI: 10.1104/pp.64.2.327
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Physiol ISSN: 0032-0889 Impact factor: 8.340