Sequence diversity of the Bla g 4 cockroach allergen, homologous to lipocalins, from Blattella germanica

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-345

  Jeong, Kyoung Yong ^a   Yi, Myung Hee ^a   Jeong, Kyoung Jin ^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

Bla g 4; Cockroach; Polymorphism; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; LIPOCALIN; PROTEIN BLA G 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EDITING; RNA SEQUENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLATTELLIDAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LIPOCALINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 55549143321     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000170388     Document Type: Article

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