Localization and release of allergens from tapetum and pollen grains of Betula pendula

Protoplasma

Volumn 208, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 37-46

  El Ghazaly, G ^a   Moate, R ^b   Cresti, M ^c   Walles, B ^d   Takahashi, Y ^e   Ferreira, F ^f   Obermeyer, G ^f  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Yamagata Prefectural Shonai Public Health Center   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergens; Allergy; Betula pendula; Immunolabelling; Pollen grains; Tapetum

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALLERGIC REACTION; BIRCH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; FREEZING; MICROSCOPY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARTICLE; PH; POLLEN ANTIGEN; POLLEN GRAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHINITIS; SALIVA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAPETUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BETULA PENDULA; BETULA VERRUCOSA;

EID: 0033427772     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01279073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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