Isolation and characterization of the mountain cedar (Juniperus ashei) pollen major allergen, Jun a 1

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 608-612

  Midoro Horiuti, Terumi ^a   Goldblum, Randall M ^a   Kurosky, Alexander ^a   Goetz, David W ^b   Brooks, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen; Cha o 1; Chamaecyparis obtusa; Cry j 1; Cryptomeria japonica; Jun a 1; Juniperus ashei; Juniperus sabinoides; Mountain cedar; Pollinosis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; JUNIPERUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0032842409     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70331-3     Document Type: Article

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