Absence of continuous epitopes in the house dust mite major allergens Der p I from Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Der f I from Dermatophagoides farinae

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-42

  Collins, S P ^a   Ball, G ^b   Vonarx, E ^c   Hosking, C ^d   Shelton, M ^b   Hill, D ^b   Howden, M E H ^c  

^a PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergens; Epitopes; House dust mite; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; DUST; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES;

EID: 0030024052     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00054.x     Document Type: Article

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