Identification of 2 new allergens of Phoenix dactylifera using an immunoproteomics approach

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 504-507

  Postigo, I ^a   Guisantes, J A ^a   Negro, J M ^b   Rodriguez Pacheco R ^b   David Garcia D ^b   Martinez J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

1,4 glucan protein synthase; galactosidase precursor; Allergy; Palm tree; Phoenix dactylifera allergens

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN EXTRACT; PROFILIN;

ADULT; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALM TREE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FRUIT; GALACTOSIDASES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; PROTEOMICS; RHINITIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 74849111532     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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