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- Title
Immunogold electron microscopic localization of the cross-reactive two-EF-hand calcium-binding birch pollen allergen Bet v 4 in dry and rehydrated birch pollen.
- Authors
Grote, M; Hayek, B; Reichelt, R; Kraft, D; Valenta, R
- Abstract
Recently, a novel family of low-molecular-weight (8-9 kD), two-EF-hand calcium-binding proteins has been described as allergens in plant pollens. Approximately 10% of pollen-allergic patients have IgE antibodies which cross-react with the two-EF-hand allergens in tree, grass and weed pollens. The aim of the present study was to localize Bet v 4, the two-EF-hand allergen from birch, in mature, dry pollen and to study the release of this allergen after hydration of the pollen by immunogold electron microscopy.
- Publication
International archives of allergy and immunology, 1999, Vol 120, Issue 4, p287
- ISSN
1018-2438
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1159/000024281