Enzymatic activity in body and fecal extracts of the storage mite Chortoglyphus arcuatus

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-212

  Carnés, Jerónimo ^b,c   Boquete, Manuel ^a   Carballada, Francisco J ^a   Iraola, Victor ^b   Gallego, Maria Teresa ^b   Fernández Caldas, Enrique ^b  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b ASING SL   (Spain)

^c SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chortoglyphus arcuatus; Enzymatic activity, allergen; Mites

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; SERINE;

ARTICLE; CHORTOGLYPHUS ARCUATUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH2 CELL; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FECES; HOUSING; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPAIN; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 39749194395     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109289     Document Type: Article

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