Biochemical characterization of Pru a 2, a 23-kD Thaumatin-like protein representing a potential major allergen in cherry (Prunus avium)

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-28

  Inschlag, Claudia ^a   Hoffmann Sommergruber, Karin ^a,c   O'Riordain, Gabriel ^a   Ahorn, Horst ^b   Ebner, Chrisiof ^a   Scheiner, Otto ^a   Breiteneder, Heimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM RCV GMBH AND CO KG   (Austria)

^c Institute of General and Experimental Pathology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Food allergy; IgE binding; Major cherry allergen; Pru a 2; Thaumatin like protein

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PRUNUS EXTRACT; THAUMATIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA, PLANT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FRUIT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 0031946215     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023920     Document Type: Article

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