Molecular cloning and expression of icarapin, a novel IgE-binding bee venom protein

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4895-4899

  Peiren, Nico ^a   de Graaf, Dirk C ^a   Brunain, Marleen ^a   Bridts, Chris H ^b   Ebo, Didier G ^b   Stevens, Wim J ^b   Jacobs, Frans J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergen; Honeybee; Hymenoptera; Icarapin; IgE; Prokaryotic expression; Venom

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BEE VENOM; CARBOHYDRATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ICARAPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; BEES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33747828725     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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