Analysis of the allergenic components of hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) pollen by immunoblotting with the sera from patients with japanese cedar pollinosis

Allergology International

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 181-186

  Ito, Hirotaka ^a   Suzuki, Motohiko ^a   Mamiya, Shinichiro ^a   Takagi, Ippei ^a   Baba, Shunkichi ^a   Tomita, Keiko ^b   Tanaka, Akira ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Amersham Pharmacia Biotech KK   (Japan)

Author keywords

allergenic components; CAP radioallergosorbent test (CAP RAST); Chamaecyparis obtusa; Cryptomeria japonica; immunoblotting; sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS PAGE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010114103     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.45.181     Document Type: Article

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