Apple allergy: The cDNA sequence of the major allergen of apple, determined by performing PCR with a primer based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence, is highly homologous to the sequence of the major birch pollen allergen

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 475-482

  Schöming, Britta ^a   Ziegler, Wolfgang H ^b   Vieths, Stefan ^c   Baltes, Werner ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

5' RACE; Bet v 1; birch pollen related food allergy; cDNA sequence; cross reactivity; major apple allergen; Mal d 1; pathogenesis related proteins; PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029781108     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199608)71:4<475::AID-JSFA603>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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