Cloning and expression of complementary DNA coding for an allergen with common antibody-binding specificities with three allergens of the house dust mite Blomia tropicalis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 573-579

  Caraballo, Luis ^a,c   Avjioglu, Asil ^b   Marrugo, Javier ^a   Puerta, Leonardo ^a   Marsh, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

blomia tropicalis; cDNA cloning; epitopes; IgE; immunoblotting; major allergen; recombinant allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029861258     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70091-X     Document Type: Article

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