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Article: Study results from University of Queensland in the area of allergies published.
- Article from:
- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- February 4, 2009
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"Bahia grass. Paspalum notatum, is a clinically important subtropical grass with a prolonged pollination season from spring to autumn. we aimed to clone and characterise the major Bahia grass pollen allergen, Pas n 1. Grass pollen-allergic patients presenting to a tertiary hospital allergy clinic were tested for IgE reactivity with Bahia grass pollen extract by skin prick testing, ImmunoCAP, ELISA and immunoblotting," researchers in Australia report (see also Allergies).
"Using primers deduced from the N-terminal peptide sequence ofa group 1 allergen of Bahia grass pollen extract separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, the complete Pas n 1 cDNA was ...