Class I chitinases with hevein-like domain, but not class II enzymes, are relevant chestnut and avocado allergens

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Diaz Perales, Araceli ^a   Collada, Carmen ^b   Blanco, Carlos ^c   Sánchez Monge, Rosa ^a   Carrillo, Teresa ^c   Aragoncillo, Cipriano ^b   Salcedo, Gabriel ^a,d  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^b Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^c Hospital Nuestra Senora del Pino   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergen; Avocado fruit; Chestnut seed; Chitinases; Hevein like domain; IgE; Latex fruit syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; PLANT EXTRACT;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0031817192     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70063-6     Document Type: Article

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