Lep d 2 polymorphisms in wild and cultured Lepidoglyphus destructor mites

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 646-653

  Kaiser, Liselotte ^a   Gafvelin, Guro ^a   Johansson, Eva ^a   Van Hage Hamsten, Marianne ^a   Rasool, Omid ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergen; Dust mite; Lep d 2; Lepidoglyphus destructor; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INSECT PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 5; PROTEIN LEP D 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTRON; LEPIDOGLYPHUS DESTRUCTOR; MITE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-5; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ACARI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOGLYPHUS DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 0037295059     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03412.x     Document Type: Article

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