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SUBMITTER: Sookrung N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5764987 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sookrung Nitat N Reamtong Onrapak O Poolphol Rojana R Indrawattana Nitaya N Seesuay Watee W Saelim Nawannaporn N Tantilipikorn Pongsakorn P Bunnag Chaweewan C Chaicumpa Wanpen W Tungtrongchitr Anchalee A
Scientific reports 20180111 1
Insect glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) play important roles in insecticide/drug resistance and stress response. Medically, GSTs of house dust mites (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Blomia tropicalis) and German cockroach (Blattella germanica) are human allergens. In this study, classes, isoforms and B-cell and allergenic epitopes of GST of American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, the predominant species in the tropics and subtropics were investigated for the first time. Enzymatically acti ...[more]