Plant-Expressed Recombinant Mountain Cedar Allergen Jun a 1 Is Allergenic and Has Limited Pectate Lyase Activity
Author(s) -
Zun Liu,
Shikha Bhattacharyya,
Bo Ning,
Terumi MidoroHoriuti,
Edmund W. Czerwinski,
Randall M. Goldblum,
Andrew J. Mort,
Christopher M. Kearney
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international archives of allergy and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1423-0097
pISSN - 1018-2438
DOI - 10.1159/000316345
Subject(s) - pectate lyase , allergen , recombinant dna , immunology , biology , allergy , microbiology and biotechnology , enzyme , biochemistry , gene , pectinase
Mountain cedar (Juniperus ashei) pollen commonly causes a winter time allergic rhinitis in the central USA. Jun a 1 is the dominant allergenic protein, but biologically active recombinant Jun a 1 has not been successfully expressed, despite numerous attempts with several expression systems.
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