Two new types of allergens from the cockroach, Periplaneta americana

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1674-1678

  Fang, Y ^a   Long, C ^a   Bai, X ^a   Liu, W ^a   Rong, M ^a   Lai, R ^a,b,c   An, S ^a,c  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

alpha amylase; anaphylaxis; basophil; chitinase; cockroach allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMYLASE; CHITINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN; PER A 11 PROTEIN; PER A 12 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BASOPHIL ACTIVATION TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; ANIMAL; BLOOD; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERIPLANETA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ALPHA-AMYLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHITINASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLANETA; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983122347     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12766     Document Type: Article

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