Molecular cloning of a major Alternaria alternata allergen, rAlt a 2

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 665-671

  Bush, Robert K ^a,b   Sanchez, Hiram ^a   Geisler, David ^a  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria alternata; rAlt a 2; Recombinant allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALTERNARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALLERGENS; ALTERNARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0032864355     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70340-4     Document Type: Article

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