Cloning of the patatin-like latex allergen Hev b 7, its expression in the yeast Pichia pastoris and its immunological characterization

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 309-310

  Breiteneder, Heimo ^a,d   Sowka, Slawomir ^a   Wagner, Stefan ^a   Krebitz, Monika ^a   Hafner, Christine ^a   Kinaciyan, Tamar ^b   Yeang, Hong Yeet ^c   Scheiner, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergy; Hev b 7; Hevea brasiliensis; Latex; Patatins; Recombinant allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN TEST; TOMATO;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 0032964927     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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