Determination of the N- and C-terminal sequences required to bind human ige of the major house dust mite allergen Der f 2 and epitope mapping for monoclonal antibodies

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-261

  Takai, Toshiro ^a   Yuuki, Toshifumi ^a   Okumura, Yasushi ^a   Mori, Akio ^b   Okudaira, Hirokazu ^b  

^a ASAHI BREWERIES LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergen; Der f 2; Epitope; House dust mite; IgE; Monoclonal antibody

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DELETION MUTANT; DISULFIDE BOND; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; EPITOPE MAPPING; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICE; MITES; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 0030788260     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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