Immune responses after immunization with plasmid DNA encoding Bet v 1, the major allergen of birch pollen

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 107-113

  Hartl, Arnulf ^a   Kiesslich, Jan ^a   Weiss, Richard ^a   Bernhaupt, Andrea ^a   Mostböck, Sven ^a   Scheiblhofer, Sandra ^a   Ebner, Christof ^b   Ferreira, Fátima ^a   Thalhamer, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Balbic; Bet v 1; Birch pollen allergen; DNA immunization; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE;

EID: 0032944136     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70533-6     Document Type: Article

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