Engineering of the major house dust mite allergen der f 2 for allergen-specific immunotherapy

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 754-758

  Takai, Toshiro ^a   Yokota, Toyokazu ^a   Yasue, Masaaki ^a   Nishiyama, Chiharu ^a   Yuuki, Toshifumi ^a   Mori, Akio ^b   Okudaira, Hirokazu ^b   Okumura, Yasushi ^a  

^a ASAHI BREWERIES LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergen engineering; Immunotherapy; Protein design; T cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BASOPHILS; CELL DIVISION; CYSTEINE; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DISULFIDES; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCOPROTEINS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MITES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SKIN TESTS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ASTIGMATA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 0030854098     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0897-754     Document Type: Article

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