Molecular and Immunological Characterization of Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) Pollen after Exposure of the Plants to Elevated Ozone over a Whole Growing Season

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Kanter, Ulrike ^a   Heller, Werner ^a   Durner, Jörg ^a   Winkler, J Barbro ^a   Engel, Marion ^a   Behrendt, Heidrun ^a   Holzinger, Andreas ^b   Braun, Paula ^c   Hauser, Michael ^d   Ferreira, Fatima ^d   Mayer, Klaus ^a   Pfeifer, Matthias ^a   Ernst, Dieter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c FOM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; PECTIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN AMB A 1; RAGWEED ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; POLLEN; PROTEIN CONTENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

AMBROSIA; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE ONTOLOGY; OZONE; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; SEASONS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA;

EID: 84876327613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061518     Document Type: Article

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