MALDI-TOF MS analysis of labile Lolium perenne major allergens in mixes

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1391-1399

  Iraneta S G ^b   Acosta, D M ^a   Duran, R ^c   Apicella, C ^d   Orlando, U D ^a   Seoane, M A ^b   Alonso, A ^b   Duschak, V G ^a  

^a Ministerio de Salud de la Nación   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allergens; Aspergillus fumigatus; Lolium perenne; MALDI TOF MS; Periplaneta americana; Proteases

Indexed keywords

POLLEN EXTRACT;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PERIPLANETA; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLLEN ANALYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ALLERGENS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LOLIUM; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TESTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 47649117074     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03004.x     Document Type: Article

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