Characterization of a new IgE-binding 35-kDa protein from birch pollen with cross-reacting homologues in various plant foods

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-272

  Vieths, S ^a   Frank, E ^a   Scheurer, S ^a   Meyer, H E ^b   Hrazdina, G ^c   Haustein, D ^a  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CLOSTRIPAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN EXTRACT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FRUIT; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAIZE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TOBACCO;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FOOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GALECTIN 3; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TREES;

EID: 0031955511     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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