Identification of serine protease as a major allergen of Curvularia lunata

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 421-427

  Gupta, R ^a   Sharma, V ^a   Sridhara, S ^a   Singh, B P ^a   Arora, N ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Affinity purification; Allergen; Curvularia; Fungus; Protease

Indexed keywords

4 (2 AMINOETHYL)BENZENESULFONYL FLUORIDE; ALLERGEN; APROTININ; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CONCANAVALIN A; CUR L 1 PROTEIN; EDETIC ACID; ENZYME PRECURSOR; ESTER; FLUORIDE; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCYLLEUCYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYLLYSLYSERYLALANYLPROLYLTRYPTOPHYLGLYCYLLEUCYLG LYCYLALANYLASPARTYLTHREONYLISOLEUCYLVALYLALANYLVALYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYLASPARTYLSERYLT YROSINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUPEPTIN; NALPHA BENZOYL ARGININE ETHYL ESTER; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY PURIFICATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CURVULARIA LUNATA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 1642564328     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1398-9995.2003.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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