Common antigenicity between Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) pollen and Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) pollen. II. Determination of the cross-reacting T-cell epitope of Cry j 1 and Cha o 1 in mice

Immunology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 630-634

  Ohno, N ^a   Ide, T ^b   Sakaguchi, M ^c   Inouye, S ^c   Saito, S ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; H2 SYSTEM; LYMPH NODE CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; H-2 ANTIGENS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TREES;

EID: 0034037188     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2000.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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