Isolation and expression of a cdna clone encoding an alternaria alternata alt a 1 subunit

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 385-395

  De Vouge, Michael W ^a   Thaker, Ajay J ^a   Curran, Ivan H A ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Muradia, Gauri ^a   Rode, Harold ^b   Vijay, Hari M ^a  

^a Bureau of Drug Research   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergen; Alt a 1; Alternaria alternata; cDNA cloning; Fungi; IgE immunoblot; Pichia pastoris

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RABBIT ANTISERUM;

ALTERNARIA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENDOMYCETALES; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029849780     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237397     Document Type: Article

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