Human monoclonal antibody-based quantification of group 2 grass pollen allergens

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 470-474

  Marth, Katharina ^a   Focke, Margarete ^a   Flicker, Sabine ^a   Valenta, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergen measurement; Competitive ELISA; Grass pollen allergy; Group 2 allergens; Recombinant allergen; Recombinant human antibody

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY; STREPTAVIDIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRASS POLLEN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1542407029     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.11.042     Document Type: Article

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