Characterization of Phl p 4, a major timothy grass (Phleum pratense) pollen allergen

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 189-198

  Fischer, Sabine ^a   Grote, Monika ^b   Fahlbusch, B ^c   Muller W D ^c   Kraft, D ^a   Valenta, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amb a 1; cross reactivity; grass pollen allergy; monoclonal antibodies; Phl p 4; pollen specific expression; ragweed allergy; trypsin resistance

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLLEN ANTIGEN; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED POLLEN;

PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 0029776078     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70242-7     Document Type: Article

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