Mapping of fruit allergens by 2D electrophoresis and immunodetection

Expert Review of Proteomics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-75

  Marzban, Gorji ^a   Herndl, Anita ^a   Maghuly, Fatemeh ^a   Katinger, Hermann ^a   Laimer, Margit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergen identification; Allergen proteomics; Data mining; Fruit allergen; Fruit protein; Lipid transfer protein; LTP; Mal d1; Mal d3; Profilin; Protein quantification; Pru ar 1; Pru ar 3

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; FRUIT ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACTION; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODETECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 39649090095     PISSN: 14789450     EISSN: 17448387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14789450.5.1.61     Document Type: Review

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