Cloning and IgE Binding of a Recombinant Allergen from the Mite Blomia tropicalis, Homologous with Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-347

  Caraballo, Luis ^a   Puerta, Leonardo ^a   Jiménez, Silvia ^a   Martinez, Beatriz ^a   Mercado, Dilia ^a   Avjiouglu, Asil ^b   Marsh, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergens; Allergy; Blomia tropicalis; Fatty acid binding protein; Immunoglobulin E; Recombinant allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DNA LIBRARY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0030897294     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237478     Document Type: Article

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