The main IgE-binding epitope of a major latex allergen, prohevein, is present in its N-terminal 43-amino acid fragment, hevein

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1618-1625

  Alenius, Harri ^a,b   Kalkkinen, Nisse ^c   Reunala, Timo ^b   Turjanmaa, Kristiina ^d   Palosuo, Timo ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL GLOVE;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LECTINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0030038821     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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