Expression and immunogenicity of the major house dust mite allergen Der p 1 following DNA immunization

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 1195-1204

  Wolfowicz, Claudia Betina ^a   HuangFu, TaoQi ^a   Chua, Kaw Yan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Der p 1; DNA vaccine; Naked DNA

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBODY; DNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DER P 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; GENES, SYNTHETIC; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; VACCINATION; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0037424137     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00485-1     Document Type: Article

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