Allergenicity of native/recombinant tropomyosin, Per a 7, of American cockroach (CR), Periplaneta americana, among CR allergic thais

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Sookrung, Nitat ^a   Indrawattana, Nitaya ^a   Tungtrongchitr, Anchalee ^b   Bunnag, Chaweewan ^a   Tantilipikorn, Pongsakorn ^a   Kwangsri, Sukanya ^b   Chaicumpa, Wanpen ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TROPOMYOSIN;

ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT ALLERGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPLANETA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN TEST; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THAILAND;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERIPLANETA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SKIN TESTS; THAILAND; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 67749093510     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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