A sensitive fluorescent assay for measuring the cysteine protease activity of Der p 1, a major allergen from the dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 222-224

  Schulz, O ^a   Sewell, H F ^a   Shakib, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031857266     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.51.4.222     Document Type: Article

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