Latex antigens: Identification and use in clinical and experimental studies, including crossreactivity with food and pollen allergens

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 81, Issue 5 I, 1998, Pages 388-398

  Nel, André ^a,b   Gujuluva, Chandrasekhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; ELONGATION FACTOR; EPITOPE; FOOD ALLERGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; LIPOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLLEN ANTIGEN; POLYPEPTIDE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RUBBER;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINA BIFIDA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0031762654     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63135-3     Document Type: Review

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