Cloning and expression of Blo t 1, a novel allergen from the dust mite blomia tropicalis, homologous to cysteine proteases

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-34

  Mora, C ^c   Flores, I ^a   Montealegre, F ^a   Díaz, Ana M ^b  

^a PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Allergen; Blomia tropicalis; Blot 1; Cysteine protease; House dust mite

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN BLO T 1; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLYPEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DNA LIBRARY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SKIN TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DUST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 12244289615     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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