Heterogeneous proteolytic specificity and activity of the house dust mite proteinase allergen DerpI

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-207

  Hewitt, C R A ^a   Horton, H ^a   Jones, R M ^a   Pritchard, D I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiproteinase; Cleavage specificity; Cysteine proteinase; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; DerpI; House dust mite; Serine proteinase

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; GLYCOPROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031056815     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb00694.x     Document Type: Article

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