Identification of an allergen related to Phl p 4, a major timothy grass pollen allergen, in pollens, vegetables, and fruits by immunogold electron microscopy

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 383, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1441-1445

  Grote, Monika ^a   Stumvoll, Sabine ^a   Reichelt, Rudolf ^a   Lidholm, Jonas ^a   Valenta, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crossreactivity; Fruits; Grass pollen allergen; IgE mediated allergy; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GLYCOPROTEIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROTEIN PHL P4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLERGEN; PHL P 4 PROTEIN, PHLEUM PRATENSE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CARROT; CELERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOPLASM; FRUIT; GRASS; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; VEGETABLE; ANIMAL; ARTEMISIA; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POLLEN; RABBIT;

APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; DAUCUS CAROTA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PHLEUM PRATENSE;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ARTEMISIA; BETULA; FRUIT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PHLEUM; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RABBITS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0036754621     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2002.163     Document Type: Article

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