Molecular cloning of Blomia tropicalis allergens - A major source of dust mite allergens in the tropics and subtropics

Inflammation and Allergy - Drug Targets

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-266

  Yi, Fong Cheng ^a   Shek, Lynette Pei Chi ^a   Cheong, Nge ^a   Chua, Kaw Yan ^a   Lee, Bee Wah ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Allergenic cross reactivity; B. tropicalis cDNA library; Dermatophagoides spp; House dust mites (HDM); RACE PCR

Indexed keywords

BLOMIA TROPICALIS ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CROSS ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRICK TEST; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROVOCATION TEST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33845667258     PISSN: 18715281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152806779010954     Document Type: Article

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