Profilins constitute a novel family of functional plant pan-allergens

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 377-385

  Valenta, Rudolf ^a   Duchene, Michael ^a   Ebner, Christof ^a   Valent, Peter ^a   Sillaber, Christian ^a   Deviller, Philippe ^b   Ferreira, Fatima ^a   Tejkl, Margarete ^a   Edelmann, Helga ^a   Kraft, Dietrich ^a   Scheiner, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROFILIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0026542305     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.175.2.377     Document Type: Article

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