Mapping the Gene Encoding Cry j 1: A Major Cryptomeria japonica Pollen Allergen

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 97-99

  Goto, Y ^a   Kondo, T ^a   Kuramoto, N ^a   Ide, T ^b   Yamamoto, K ^b   Inaoka, K ^b   Yasueda, H ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAPS; Cry j 1; Cryptomeria japonica; Linkage map; Pollinosis

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DNA; FORESTRY; GENES;

ALLERGENS; GENE ENCODING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; EMBRYOPHYTA; JAPONICA; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 1142269762     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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