Isolation and characterization of Tha p 1, a major allergen from the pine processionary caterpillar Thaumetopoea pityocampa

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-37

  Moneo, Ignacio ^a   Vega, J M ^b   Caballero, M L ^a   Vega, J ^c   Alday, E ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d Inst Nac Seguridad Higiene Trabajo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergen; Caterpillar; Immunoblotting; Specific IgE

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PINE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DATABASES, PROTEIN; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; LARVA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PINUS; ROSANILINE DYES; SOLVENTS; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 0345701924     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2003.23724.x     Document Type: Article

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