Background | | GibberellicAcid(GA)isaverypotentplanthormone,whichregulates thegrowthrateofplantspromotingcellelongation.GibberellicacidstimulatesthecellsofgerminatingseedstoproducemRNAmoleculesthatcodeforhydrolyticenzymes.ItwasfirstdiscoveredinJapan,in1935asaresultofthestudyofaconditioncommoninriceplantscalled"foolishseedling"disease,whichcausedtheplantstogrowmuchtallerthannormal. |
Additionalinformation | | TotalIgGconcentrationis20mg/ml.AntibodyhaslowaffinitytofreeGAandotherGAforms:1,4,5,7,9,53astestedbycompetitiveELISA. UsingaconjugatedGibberellicacid3-Ethyl-Chloroformiate-(PC),antibodyspecificitywasperformedwithanELISAtestbycompetitionexperimentswiththefollowingcompounds: CompoundCross-reactivityratio(a)Gibberellicacid3-ECF-BSA(GA3-BSA)1Gibberellicacid1-ECF-BSA(GA1-BSA)1/>50000Gibberellicacid4-ECF-BSA(GA4-BSA)1/>50000Gibberellicacid5-ECF-BSA(GA5-BSA)1/>50000Gibberellicacid7-ECF-BSA(GA7-BSA)1/>50000Gibberellicacid9-ECF-BSA(GA9-BSA)1/>50000Gibberellicacid53-ECF-BSA(GA53-BSA)1/>50000(a):Gibberellicacid3-ECF-BSAconcentration/Otherconjugatedacidsconcentrationathalfdisplacement;ECF=Ethyl-Chloroformiate,BSA:BovineSerumAlbumin. |