Mechanisms for a Novel Immune Evasion Strategy in the Scabies Mite Sarcoptes Scabiei: A Multigene Family of Inactivated Serine Proteases

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1419-1424

  Holt, Deborah C ^a   Fischer, Katja ^a   Allen, George E ^a   Wilson, Danny ^a   Wilson, Peter ^a   Slade, Robert ^a   Currie, Bart J ^b   Walton, Shelley F ^b   Kemp, David J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Group 3 allergens; Protease activated receptors

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMINO ACID; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; EPIDERMIS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFESTATION; INSECT GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITISM; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SKIN INFECTION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0346363873     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12621.x     Document Type: Article

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