IgE-binding proliferative responses and skin test reactivity to Cop c 1, the first recombinant allergen from the basidiomycete Coprinus comatus

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 630-636

  Brander, Karl A ^a   Borbély, Peter ^a   Crameri, Reto ^b   Pichler, Werner J ^a   Helbling, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Airborne allergens; Basidiomycetes; Complementary DNA cloning; Coprinus comatus; Filamentous phage; Mushrooms; Recombinant allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; COPRINUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGUS SPORE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0032873426     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70335-0     Document Type: Article

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