Analysis of T-cell reactive regions and HLA-DR4 binding motifs on the latex allergen Hev b 1 (rubber elongation factor)

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-348

  Raulf Heimsoth, M ^a   Chen, Z ^a   Rihs, H P ^a   Kalbacher, H ^b   Liebers, V ^a   Baur, X ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epitope mapping; Epitope prediction's; Hey b l; HLA binding motif; Latex allergy; Lymphocyte stimulation; Rubber elongation factor; T cell reactive regions

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINITIS;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031881434     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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