Partial Amino Acid Sequence of a Cellulase-Like Component with IgE-Binding Properties from Stachybotrys chartarum

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-144

  Kärkkäinen, Marja ^a   Raunio, Päivi ^a   Rautiainen, Jaakko ^a   Auriola, Seppo ^a   Hinke, Kaj ^b   Pasanen, Anna Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Haderslev Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Cellulase; Glycoside hydrolase; Immunoglobulin E; Stachybotrys chartarum

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELLULASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STACHYBOTRYS;

EID: 1542286687     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076439     Document Type: Article

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