Cloning and expression of cDNA encoding the complete prepro-form of an isoform of Der f 1, the major group 1 allergen from house dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 563-569

  Yasuhara, Takaomi ^a   Takai, Toshiro ^a,c   Yuuki, Toshifumi ^a   Okudaira, Hirokazu ^b   Okumura, Yasushi ^a  

^a ASAHI BREWERIES LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; Der f 1; House dust mite; Isoform; Recombinant allergen

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PICHIA PASTORIS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0035291498     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.563     Document Type: Article

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