Isolation and Characterization of cDNAs That Encode Homologs of a Pathogenesis-related Protein Allergen from Cryptomeri

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2495-2500

  Futamura, Norihiro ^a   Mukai, Yuzuru ^b   Sakaguchi, Masahiro ^c   Yasueda, Hiroshi ^d   Inouye, Sakae ^c,f   Midoro Horiuti, Terumi ^e   Goldblum, Randall M ^e   Shinohara, Kenji ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^f OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cdna cloning; Cryptomeria japonica; Pathogenesis related protein; Pollen allergen

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; JAPONICA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS ASHEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPANESE CEDAR; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYPTOMERIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0344180968     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.2495     Document Type: Article

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