Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2005, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (增刊): 75-81.

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Advances in Use of Plant Peptide Growth Factor PSK-a

GUAN Chun-Feng GE Zhi-Qiang YUAN Ying-Jin   

  1. (Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072)
  • Received:2004-06-02 Revised:2004-12-08 Online:2005-08-10 Published:2005-08-10

Abstract: Phytosulfokine-α(PSK-α) is a sulfated pentapeptide promotive factor of cell proliferation found in plant cells, which plays a key role in proliferation and differentiation of cells in higher-level plants. This paper summarizes the researches on the genes, binding sites and active mechanism of PSK-α.

Key words: Growth factor, Plant, Peptide