Proteomic analysis of the major birch allergen Bet v 1 predicts allergenicity for 15 birch species

Journal of Proteomics

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1290-1300

  Schenk, Martijn F ^a   Cordewener, Jan H G ^a   America, Antoine H P ^a   Peters, Jeroen ^a   Smulders, Marinus J M ^a   Gilissen, Luud J W J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bet v 1; Betula; Birch pollen allergy; Hypoallergenic variant; IgE reactivity; Isoforms; Mass spectrometry; Quadrupole time of flight; Quantification

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOPROTEIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYBRID; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SERUM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PLANT; BETULA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEOMICS;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA;

EID: 79960983429     PISSN: 18743919     EISSN: 18767737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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