Purification and Characterization of an Allergenic Monomeric Hemoglobin from a Chironomid Distributed Worldwide, Polypedium nubifer

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 288-297

  Kawai, Koichiro ^a   Tagoh, Hiromi ^a   Yoshizaki, Kazuyuki ^b   Murakami, Gyokei ^c   Muraguchi, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c TOYAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergen; Asthma; Chironomid; Hemoglobin; IgE

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT;

EID: 0029984055     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237301     Document Type: Article

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