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Fluorescence studies on nyctinasty using fluorescence labeled cis-p-coumaroylagmatine, a leaf-opening substance of Albizzia plants: existence of genus-specific …

H Nagano, E Kato, S Yamamura, M Ueda

Index: Nagano, Hideharu; Kato, Eisuke; Yamamura, Shosuke; Ueda, Minoru Tetrahedron Letters, 2003 , vol. 44, # 14 p. 2953 - 2956

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Abstract

We developed fluorescent probes (1 and 2) based on the structure of cis-p- coumaroylagmatine (3), a leaf-opening substance of Albizzia julibrissin Durazz. These probes were effective for the leaf-opening of A. julibrissin, and specifically bind to the motor cell of this plant. Moreover, binding of the fluorescent probe was specific to the plant motor cell contained in the plants belonging to the Albizzia genus. These results showed that the ...