Identification of the antigenic determinants of the American cockroach allergen Per a 1 by error-prone PCR

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 163-174

  Tsai, Wei Jen ^a   Liu, Ching Hang ^a   Chen, Shu Tsung ^a   Yang, Chiou Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allergen; American cockroach; Epitope mapping; Error prone PCR

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PER A 1 ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 0037408201     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(03)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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