Preliminary Investigations on Diagnosis of Strain-Relationship in Corn Plant by Precipitine Test : (2) On the protein constituents in relation to serum reaction

Abstract

To find protein constituents by precipitin reaction, fraction analysis of each antigen solution which extracted from pollen of inbred corn was tried by SAITO-KIKKAWA's method. The results of experiment are as follows : (1) Most of the protein tested were constituted with albumin and α-globulin. (2) It was found that the difference both in albumin and in α-globulin fractions were evident among inbred lines. (3) A close relation was observed between precipitie reaction and the specificity of protein constituents.