An Enzymatic Analysis of the Storage Mite Lepidoglyphus destructor

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-347

  Stewart, Geoffrey A ^a   Van Hage Hamsten, Marianne ^b   Krska, Karen ^a   Thompson, Philip J ^a   Olsson, Susanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Karolinska University Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergens; Amylase; Bacteriolysins; Chymotrypsin; Glucoamylase; Proteases; Storage mites; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACARI; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; LEPIDOGLYPHUS DESTRUCTOR; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; POSIBACTERIA; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 0031946228     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00359-3     Document Type: Article

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