Allergenicity of sigma and delta class glutathione s-transferases from the german cockroach

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-64

  Jeong, Kyoung Yong ^a   Jeong, Kyoung Jin ^a   Yi, Myung Hee ^a   Lee, Haeseok ^a   Hong, Chein Soo ^b   Yong, Tai Soon ^a,b  

^a Institute of Tropical Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allergen; Bla g 5; Cockroach glutathione S transferase; IgE cross reactivity

Indexed keywords

BLA G 5 ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE S TRANSFERASE DELTA; GLUTATHIONE S TRANSFERASE SIGMA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INSECT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COCKROACH; COCKROACH ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT ALLERGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHILD; COCKROACHES; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49849102009     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151506     Document Type: Article

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