The dominant 55kDa allergen of the subtropical Bahia grass (Paspalum notatum) pollen is a group 13 pollen allergen, Pas n 13

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 931-940

  Davies, Janet M ^a,b,c,d   Voskamp, Astrid ^b,c,d   Dang, Thanh D ^b,c,d   Pettit, Benjamin ^b,d   Loo, Dorothy ^a   Petersen, Arnd ^e   Hill, Michelle M ^a   Upham, John W ^a   Rolland, Jennifer M ^b,d   O'Hehir, Robyn E ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Asthma and Airways ^*  (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bahia grass pollen; Grass pollen allergens; Group 13 pollen allergen; IgE; Pas n 13; Polygalacturonase

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GRASS POLLEN ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; POLYGALACTURONASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLERGEN; PEPTIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DONOR; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPIC CLIMATE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

PASPALUM NOTATUM; PHLEUM PRATENSE; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASOPHILS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PASPALUM; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE DONORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 79951550116     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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