Purification and IgE-Binding Epitopes of a Major Allergen in the Gastropod Turbo cornutus

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1337-1343

  Ishikawa, Masaru ^a   Ishida, Masami ^a   Shimakura, Kuniyoshi ^a   Nagashima, Yuji ^a   Shiomi, Kazuo ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergen; Gastropod; IgE binding epitope; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMINO ACID; BETA MICROSEMINOPROTEIN; BETA-MICROSEMINOPROTEIN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTORS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN-BINDING FACTORS; LYMPHOKINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROSTATIC SECRETORY PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR FACTOR; TROPOMYOSIN; TUR C 1 PROTEIN, BATILLUS CORNUTUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHELLFISH;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PROSTATIC SECRETORY PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHELLFISH; SUPPRESSOR FACTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 0032112751     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.1337     Document Type: Article

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