Group 13 grass allergens: Structural variability between different grass species and analysis of proteolytic stability

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 856-862

  Petersen, Arnd ^a   Suck, Roland ^b   Hagen, Susan ^b   Cromwell, Oliver ^b   Fiebig, Helmut ^b   Becker, Wolf Meinhard ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b ALLERGOPHARMA JOACHIM GANZER KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Grass pollen; Group 13 allergens; IgE binding; Immunoblotting; Polygalacturonase; Timothy grass

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GRASS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035010781     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.114114     Document Type: Article

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