IgE reactivity to profilin in pollen-sensitized subjects with adverse reactions to banana and pineapple

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-114

  Reindl, J ^a   Rihs, H P ^b   Scheurer, S ^a   Wangorsch, A ^a   Haustein, D ^a   Vieths, Stefan ^a  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Banana; Food allergy; Pineapple; Profilin; Recombinant allergen

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROFILIN;

ADULT; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BANANA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PINEAPPLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FRUIT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROFILINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036281666     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000059400     Document Type: Article

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