Class I chitinases, the panallergens responsible for the latex-fruit syndrome, are induced by ethylene treatment and inactivated by heating

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 190-195

  Sánchez Monge, Rosa ^a   Blanco, Carlos ^b   Díaz Perales, Araceli ^a   Collada, Carmen ^c   Carrillo, Teresa ^b   Aragoncillo, Cipriano ^c   Salcedo, Gabriel ^a,d  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^c Unidad de Bioquímica   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergen heat inactivation; Class I chitinases; Ethylene induction; Fruit panallergens; Green bean; Latex fruit syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; ETHYLENE; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; HEATING; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEGUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343893606     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2000.107599     Document Type: Article

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