Timothy grass (Phleum pratense L.) pollen as allergen carriers and initiators of an allergic response

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 414-418

  Behrendt, Heidrun ^a,c   Tomczok, J ^a   Sliwa Tomczok, W ^a   Kasche, A ^a   Von Eschenbach, C Ebner ^a   Becker, W M ^b   Ring, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Grass pollen allergens; Immunoelectron microscopy; Localization; Phl p 5 release

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRASS; GRASS POLLEN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RURAL AREA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER STAINING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032914380     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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