A qRT-PCR assay for the expression of all Mal d 1 isoallergen genes

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pagliarani, Giulia ^a,b   Paris, Roberta ^b,c   Arens, Paul ^a   Tartarini, Stefano ^b   Ricci, Giampaolo ^b   Smulders, Marinus M J ^a   van de Weg, W Eric ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apple allergy; Bet v 1; Gene family; Mal d 1; OAS; PR 10; qRT PCR

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

ALLERGEN; PLANT ANTIGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; MALUS; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875186707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-51     Document Type: Article

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