Molecular biology of Aspergillus allergens

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Banerjee, Banani ^a   Kurup, Viswanath P ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

ABPA; Epitopes; Recombinant allergens; Review; Specific Immunotherapy; Structure of allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENOLASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS;

EID: 3142686970     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/982     Document Type: Review

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