Genomic characterization of members of the Bet v 1 family: Genes coding for allergens and pathogenesis-related proteins share intron positions

Gene

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 91-100

  Hoffmann Sommergruber, Karin ^a   Vanek Krebitz, Monika ^a   Radauer, Christian ^a   Wen, Jun ^b   Ferreira, Fatima ^c   Scheiner, Otto ^a   Breiteneder, Heimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergen; Bet v 1; Cor a 1; Cross reactivity; Genomic clone; Intracellular pathogenesis related protein; Intron; Mal d 1

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLLEN ANTIGEN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; EXON; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HIGHER PLANT; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME; TREE;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; ROSALES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREES;

APIACEAE; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS; BETULACEAE; CARPINUS; CORYLUS AMERICANA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; FAGACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 0030880196     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00246-1     Document Type: Article

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