Cloning and sequencing of homologous panallergen genes in pollen of short ragweed

Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 169-173

  Tao, Ai Lin ^a   He, Shao Heng ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Ambrosia artemisiifolia L; Gene cloning; Multiple alignment; Panallergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; PANALLERGEN; PROFILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAGWEED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 3042801884     PISSN: 02545101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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