Analysis of amino acid sequence variations and immunoglobulin E-binding epitopes of German cockroach tropomyosin

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 874-878

  Jeong, Kyoung Yong ^a   Lee, Jongweon ^a   Lee, In Yong ^a   Ree, Han Il ^a   Hong, Chein Soo ^a   Yong, Tai Soon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; COCKROACHES; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 4644307083     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.5.874-878.2004     Document Type: Article

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