Allergenic and antigenic determinants of latex allergen Hev b 1 : Pep tide mapping of epitopes recognized by human, murine and rabbit antibodies

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 406-415

  Chen, Z ^a,b   Van Kampen, V ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^a   Baur, X ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

B cell epitope; Biotinylated peptides; Hev b 1; IgE; Latex allergy; Monoclonal antibodies; Rubber elongation factor

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; EPITOPES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PLANT PROTEINS; RABBITS;

EID: 0029927822     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00556.x     Document Type: Article

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