Antibody binding of deletion mutants of Asp f 2, the major Aspergillus fumigatus allergen

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1128-1135

  Tang, Bin ^a   Banerjee, Banani ^a   Greenberger, Paul A ^c   Fink, Jordan N ^a   Kelly, Kevin J ^a   Kurup, Viswanath P ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asp f 2; Aspergillus fumigatus; Deletion mutants; IgE; Immune response

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PICHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PICHIA;

EID: 0034696795     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2546     Document Type: Article

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