IgE-reactive proteins from Stachybotrys chartarum

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-33

  Barnes, Charles ^a   Buckley, Steve ^a   Pacheco, Freddy ^a   Portnoy, Jay ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 0036666884     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61907-2     Document Type: Article

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