Localization of the major allergen bet v i in birch pollen by confocal laser scanning microscopy

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Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 199-204

  Emilson, Axel ^a   Svensson, Anne ^a   Scheynius, Annika ^a   Berggren, Britt ^b   Takahashi, Yuichi ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; PENDULA;

EID: 0030405396     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173139609430007     Document Type: Article

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