Monoclonal antibodies against whole body extract of the dust mite Blomia tropicalis

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-351

  Collazo, Marta E ^a   Díaz, Ana María ^a  

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

Author keywords

Blo t 1; Blomiu tropicalis; Cysteine protease; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Mite allergens; Monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BLO T 1ALLERGEN, BLOMIA TROPICALIS; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MITE; MOUSE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITES;

EID: 1642445663     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: 23736011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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