Purification and partial characterization of a 67-kD cross-reactive allergen from Imperata cylindrica pollen extract

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 251-256

  Verma, Jyotsna ^a   Singh, B P ^a   Gangal, Sharad V ^a   Arora, Naveen ^a   Sridhara, Susheela ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cleavage, chemical; Immunoblot; Imperata cylindrica; Pollen allergens; Purification

Indexed keywords

CYANOGEN BROMIDE; EPITOPE; POLLEN ANTIGEN; POLLEN EXTRACT;

ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRASS; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; NONHUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

EID: 0033817904     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024406     Document Type: Article

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