Isolation, expression and immunological characterization of a calcium-binding protein from Parietaria pollen

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2465-2473

  Bonura, A ^a   Gulino, L ^a   Trapani, A ^a   Di Felice, G ^b   Tinghino, R ^b   Amoroso, S ^e   Geraci, D ^a   Valenta, R ^c   Westritschnig, K ^c   Scala, E ^d   Mari, A ^d   Colombo, P ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Christian Doppler Klinik   (Austria)

^d LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Civile Di Vicenza   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; EF hand; Parietaria pollen; Polcalcin; Recombinant allergen

Indexed keywords

5(6) CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER; CD63 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARIETARIA; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STAINING;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PLANT; BASE SEQUENCE; BASOPHILS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARIETARIA; POLLEN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PARIETARIA; PARIETARIA JUDAICA; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 40849094121     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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