Recombinant Aspergillus fumigatus allergens: From the nucleotide sequences to clinical applications

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-114

  Crameri, Reto ^a  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Aspergillus fumigatus; Cloning; Filamentous phage; pJuFo; Recombinant allergens; Serology

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; REAGENT;

ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHILD; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0031985296     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023889     Document Type: Review

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