Cloning and characterisation of a group II allergen from the dust mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 443-447

  Eriksson, Tove Lisa Jenny ^a   Johansson, Eva ^a   Whitley, Paul ^a   Schmidt, Margit ^a   Elsayed, Said ^b   Van Hage Hamsten, Marianne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Mite; Protein expression; Type p 2; Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032518620     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2510443.x     Document Type: Article

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