Open AccessA Polypeptide That Induces Flowering in Lemna paucicostata at a Very Low Concentration
Author(s) -
Akiko Kozaki,
Go Takeba,
Osamu Tanaka
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.95.4.1288
Subject(s) - lemna , biology , botany , chemistry
A flower-inducing substance of high molecular mass, extracted from Lemna paucicostata, was purified to homogeneity. It had characteristics of a polypeptide, with an amino-terminal sequence of Leu-Val-Gly-Asn-Thr, and induced formation of flower buds of L. paucicostata 151 at a concentration of 10(-10) molar.