Comparison of the medium molecular weight venom fractions from five species of common social wasps by MALDI-TOF spectra profiling

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-205

  Turillazzi, Stefano ^a   Bruschini, Claudia ^a   Lambardi, Duccio ^a   Francese, Simona ^a   Spadolini, Igino ^b   Mastrobuoni, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Anallergo SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ClinProTools; Immunotherapy; MALDI; Social wasps; Venom

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; IMMUNIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CLINPROTOOLS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; SOCIAL WASPS; VENOM;

BIODIVERSITY;

WASP VENOM;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLISTES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIES COMPARISON; WASP;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

POLISTES; VESPA CRABRO;

EID: 33847013785     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.1152     Document Type: Article

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