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Immunochemical Detection of Antigens in Self-incompatibility Genotypes of Cabbage

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RECENT advances in immunochemistry permit the characterization of tissue specific antigens, and thus provide highly sensitive techniques for the study of gene action1. Of the new techniques available, immunodiffusion offers the following advantages over other serological tests: (a) multiple antigens from particular tissues can be resolved so that the antigens characteristic of different genotypes can be assessed; (b) only a small amount of plant tissue is needed to provide the test antigen; and (c) immunodiffusion tests are simple and easy to set up. This communication deals with the use of immunodiffusion to detect antigenic differentiation in plant tissues, specifically in relation to the control of self-incompatibility by multiple alleles of an “S” locus in plants2–6.

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  1. Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

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NASRALLAH, M., WALLACE, D. Immunochemical Detection of Antigens in Self-incompatibility Genotypes of Cabbage. Nature 213, 700–701 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213700a0

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