Alkaline serine proteinase is a major allergen of Aspergillus flavus, a prevalent airborne Aspergillus species in the Taipei area

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 282-290

  Chou, Hong ^a   Lin, Win Ling ^a   Tam, Ming F ^a   Wang, Soo Ray ^a   Han, Shou Hwa ^a   Shen, Horng Der ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alkaline serine proteinase; Allergens; Aspergillus flavus

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; ALLERGEN; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0032778438     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024205     Document Type: Article

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