Definition of immunogenic carbohydrate epitopes

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 629-632

  Paschinger, Katharina ^a   Fabini, Gustáv ^a   Schuster, David ^a   Rendić, Dubravko ^a   Wilson, Iain B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergy; Caenorhabditis; Cross reactivity; Drosophila; Plant

Indexed keywords

APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CUPRESSUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 27644530364     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2005_3422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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