Purification, characterization and molecular cloning of Cha o 1, a major allergen of Chamaecyparis obtusa (Japanese cypress) pollen

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 451-460

  Suzuki, Motohiko ^a   Komiyama, Naoki ^b   Itoh, Makoto ^a   Itoh, Hirotaka ^a   Sone, Toshio ^b   Kino, Kohsuke ^b   Takagi, Ippei ^a   Ohta, Nobuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Meiji Institute of Health Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Cha o 1; Chamaecyparis obtusa; major allergen

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PECTATE LYASE; POLLEN ANTIGEN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; CUPRESSUS; JAPONICA;

EID: 0029899037     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0161-5890(95)00147-6     Document Type: Article

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