Molecular cloning and characterization of a birch pollen minor allergen, Bet v 5, belonging to a family of isoflavone reductase-related proteins

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 991-999

  Karamloo, Fariba ^b   Schmitz, Nicole ^b   Scheurer, Stephan ^b   Foetisch, Kay ^b   Hoffmann, Andreas ^b   Haustein, Dieter ^b   Vieths, Stefan ^a  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bet v 5; Birch pollen allergens; Complementary DNA; Cross reaction; Isoflavone reductase

Indexed keywords

ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0000014527     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70080-1     Document Type: Article

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