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Lipopolysaccharide binding of the mite allergen Der f 2

  1. Saori Ichikawa1,
  2. Toshiro Takai2,
  3. Tomoe Yashiki1,
  4. Seizo Takahashi1,
  5. Ko Okumura2,
  6. Hideoki Ogawa2,
  7. Daisuke Kohda3,
  8. Hideki Hatanaka3,4,*

Article first published online: 11 AUG 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2009.01334.x

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Genes to Cells

Genes to Cells

Volume 14, Issue 9, pages 1055–1065, September 2009

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Ichikawa, S., Takai, T., Yashiki, T., Takahashi, S., Okumura, K., Ogawa, H., Kohda, D. and Hatanaka, H. (2009), Lipopolysaccharide binding of the mite allergen Der f 2. Genes to Cells, 14: 1055–1065. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2009.01334.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Material and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Japan Women’s University, 2-8-1, Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8681, Japan

  2. 2

    Atopy (Allergy) Research Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan

  3. 3

    Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan

  4. 4

    Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan

* * hideki@dbcls.jp

  1. Communicated by: Toshio Hakoshima

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 SEP 2009
  2. Article first published online: 11 AUG 2009
  3. Received: 23 April 2009 Accepted: 8 June 2009

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