IgE binding synthetic peptides of Alt a 1, a major allergen of Alternaria alternata

Peptides

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-185

  Kurup, Viswanath P ^a,b   Vijay, Hari M ^c   Kumar, Veena ^c   Castillo, Laura ^a,b   Elms, Nancy ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternaria allergen; Asthma; B cell epitope; ELISA; IgE binding; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PEPTIDE;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; EVALUATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA;

EID: 0037303655     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(03)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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