A model system to study the environment-dependent expression of the Bet v 1a gene encoding the major birch pollen allergen

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Tashpulatov, Alisher S ^a   Clement, Patrick ^a   Akimcheva, Svetlana A ^a   Belogradova, Kristina A ^a   Barinova, Ioulia ^a   Rakhmawaty, Fadilla D ^a   Heberle Bors, Erwin ^a   Touraev, Alisher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bet v 1a gene; Environmental factors; Pollen specific expression; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BET V 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TOBACCO;

ABSCISIC ACID; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETULA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC CODE; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 2542541334     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077527     Document Type: Article

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