Immunologic characterization of natural and recombinant Mal f 1 yeast allergen

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 5 II, 1999, Pages 877-884

  Zargari, Arezou ^a,c   Schmidt, Margit ^b   Lundberg, Maria ^a   Scheynius, Annika ^a   Whitley, Paul ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; CAP RAST; Expression system; Fungi; IgE; In vitro translation; Malassezia furfur; Pityrosporum orbiculare; Recombinant allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033057150     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70433-1     Document Type: Article

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