LECTIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN CALLUS-CULTURE ESTABLISHED FROM SEEDS OF CANAVALIA-VIROSA

Authors
JAYAVARDHANAN KK PADIKKALA J PANIKKAR KR
Citation
Kk. Jayavardhanan et al., LECTIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN CALLUS-CULTURE ESTABLISHED FROM SEEDS OF CANAVALIA-VIROSA, Biologia plantarum, 38(3), 1996, pp. 329-334
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Biologia plantarum → ACNP
ISSN journal
00063134
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
329 - 334
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3134(1996)38:3<329:LBICEF>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Plant tissue cultures established from isolated embryos or cotyledons were used to investigate the lectin biosynthesis in Canavalia virosa. The lectin (CVL) was detected by double immunodiffusion and hemaggluti nation tests. CVL was present in all callus cultures. The stem and lea f of the plantlet generated from the embryo also contain CVL, but no C VL was detected in the roots. As compared to mature seeds, callus deri ved from cotyledon of immature seeds exhibited the largest CVL content .