Characterization of allergens from Penicillium oxalicum and P. notatum by immunoblotting and N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 642-651

  Shen, H D ^a,d   Lin, W L ^a   Tam, M F ^b   Wang, S R ^a   Tzean, S S ^c   Huang, M H ^a   Han, S H ^d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allergens; Immunoblot; N terminal amino acid sequence; Penicillium notatum; Penicillium oxalicum

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASTHMA; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 0032900825     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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