Cloning and molecular and immunological characterisation of two new food allergens, Cap a 2 and Lyc e 1, profilins from bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 245-255

  Willerroider, M ^a   Fuchs, H ^b   Ballmer Weber, B K ^c   Focke, M ^b   Susani, M ^d   Thalhamer, J ^a   Ferreira, F ^a   Wuthrich B ^c   Scheiner, O ^b   Breiteneder, H ^b   Hoffmann Sommergruber, K ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d BIOMAY AG   (Austria)

^e AKH EBO 3Q ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergen; Bell pepper profilin; cDNA cloning; IgE binding; Non fusion protein; Purification; Tomato profilin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIMER; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROFILIN; PROTEIN CAP A2; PROTEIN LYC E1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BELL PEPPER; BINDING AFFINITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOMATO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAPSICUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROFILINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0042072873     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072136     Document Type: Article

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