Identification of abundant proteins and potential allergens in Culicoides nubeculosus salivary glands

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 94-103

  Wilson, A D ^a   Heesom, K J ^a   Mawby, W J ^a   Mellor, P S ^b   Russell, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Culicoides; Dermatitis; Horse; IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; HYALURONIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; FEEDING; FEMALE; INSECT; MASS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CERATOPOGONIDAE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SALIVARY GLANDS;

CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 39549110221     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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