A sensitive two-site enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for measurement of the major Alternaria alternata allergen Alt a 1

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 529-535

  Asturias, Juan A ^a,b   Arilla, M Carmen ^a   Ibarrola, Ignacio ^a   Eraso, Elena ^a   González Rioja, Roberto ^a   Martínez, Alberto ^a  

^a Research and Development Department   (Spain)

^b Bial Aristegui R and D   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ALT A 1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALTA1 PROTEIN, ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALLERGENS; ALTERNARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038545200     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61846-7     Document Type: Article

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