Production profile of the major allergen Alt a 1 in Alternaria alternata cultures

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 589-593

  Ibarrola, Ignacio ^a   Suárez Cervera, María ^b   Arilla, M Carmen ^a   Martínez, Alberto ^a   Monteseirín, Javier ^c,d   Asturias, Juan A ^a,e  

^a Depto Investigacion y Desarrollo   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^d Service of Urology   (Spain)

^e Bial Aristegui   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BUFFER; FUNGAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 10344236007     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61268-9     Document Type: Article

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