Cloning, expression and characterization of the major latex allergen prohevein

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1418-1426

  Rozynek, P ^a,b   Posch, A ^a   Baur, X ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hev b 6.01; IgE; Latex allergy; Prohevein

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; CHITIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURGICAL GLOVE;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LATEX; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031769464     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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