VRN-2 and ZCCT2 full-length proteins are expressed as GST fusion proteins in E. coli and purified through GST sepharose columns. The purified VRN-2 and ZCCT2 proteins are used to test the specificity of the VRN-2 antibody by Western blot analysis. A Western blot experiment showed that the VRN-2 antibody is able to differentiate VRN-2 from the ZCCT2 protein.,There is some non-specific binding in a western blot when using anti-TaVRN2 antibody on nuclear extracts of T, monococcum
Plants with winter growth habits will bloom prematurely after being exposed to low temperatures for several weeks, a process known as vernalization. Wheat vernalization gene VRN-2 is a dominant flowering suppressor and is down-regulated during vernalization. Loss of function of VRN-2, whether naturally mutated or absent, results in vernal lines that do not require vernalization to flower.
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