Cloning, expression, and characterization of pollen allergens from Humulus scandens (Lour) Merr and Ambrosia artemisiifolia L

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1225-1232

  Tao, Ai Lin ^a,b   He, Shao Heng ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allergen; Gene expression; Pollen; Profilin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HUMULUS SCANDENS ANTIGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RAGWEED ANTIGEN; RAMB A 8 ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RHUM S 1 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DRUG ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMULUS SCANDENS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAGWEED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; AMBROSIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; HUMULUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 26044479459     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2005.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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