Plant allergens and pathogenesis-related proteins: What do they have in common?

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 155-166

  Hoffmann Sommergruber, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

IgE binding; Pathogenesis related; Plant allergens; PR proteins; Protein families

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; ALLERGEN; CHITINASE; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; THAUMATIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INGESTION; INHALATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033909638     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024392     Document Type: Review

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