Humoral and cell-mediated autoimmune reactions to human acidic ribosomal P2 protein in individuals sensitized to Aspergillus fumigatus P2 protein

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1507-1512

  Mayer, Christina ^a   Appenzeller, Ulrich ^a   Seelbach, Heike ^b   Achatz, Gernot ^c   Oberkofler, Hannes ^c   Breitenbach, Michael ^c   Blaser, Kurt ^a   Crameri, Reto ^a  

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

^b Hochgebirgsklinik ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergens; Autoimmunity; CDNA libraries; IgE; Phage display

Indexed keywords

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

ALLERGY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033519237     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.9.1507     Document Type: Article

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