Monoclonal Antibodies against Pectin: Recognition of a Conformation Induced by Calcium
F Liners1, J J Letesson, C Didembourg
1Unité de Biotechnologie théorique, Facultés Universitaires de Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
Plant Physiology
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
Monoclonal antibodies have been produced that recognize a conformation of homopolygalacturonic acid (pectic acid) induced by an optimum concentration of calcium and sodium of about 1 and 150 millinormal, respectively. The epitope recognized is probably part of the dimers of pectin chains associated according to the ;egg box' model.


