Immunoglobulin E-binding and skin test reactivity to hydrophobin HCh-1 from Cladosporium herbarum, the first allergenic cell wall component of fungi

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-77

  Weichel, M ^a   Schmid Grendelmeier, P ^a   Rhyner, C ^a   Achatz, G ^b   Blaser, K ^a   Crameri, Reto ^a  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allergy; Cladosporium herbarum; Fungi; Hydrophobin; Molecular cloning; Recombinant allergens; Skin test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMINO ACID; BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HCH 1 PROTEIN; HYDROPHOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM HERBARUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; SERUM; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; CLADOSPORIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0037244144     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01574.x     Document Type: Article

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