Isolation and characterization of major banana allergens: Identification as fruit class I chitinases

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 673-680

  Sanchez Monge, R ^a   Blanco, C ^b   Diaz Perales A ^a   Collada, C ^c   Carrillo, T ^b   Aragoncillo, C ^c   Salcedo, G ^a  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^b Hospital Nuestra Senora del Pino   (Spain)

^c Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergen purification; Banana fruit; Class I chitinases; Cross sensitization; Hevein like domain

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CHITINASE; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LECTINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; ZINGIBERALES;

EID: 0032926274     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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