The major allergen of Alternaria alternata (Alt a 1) is expressed in other members of the Pleosporaceae family

Mycoses

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-95

  Saenz de Santamaria M ^a   Postigo, I ^a   Gutierrez Rodriguez A ^a   Cardona, G ^a   Guisantes, J A ^a   Asturias, J ^b   Martinez J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Bial Laboratory   (Spain)

^c Sweden Diagnostics (Spain) SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alt a 1; Alternaria alternata; Cross reactivity; Pleosporaceae

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; PROTEIN ALT A 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLADOSPORIUM HERBARUM; CROSS REACTION; CURVULARIA LUNATA; FUNGUS CULTURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PLEOSPORACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEMPHYLIUM BOTRYOSUM; ULOCLADIUM BOTRYTIS;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASCOMYCOTA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RABBITS;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ALTERNATA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLADOSPORIUM; COCHLIOBOLUS LUNATUS; DAVIDIELLA TASSIANA; FUNGI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PLEOSPORA TARDA; PLEOSPORACEAE; ULOCLADIUM BOTRYTIS;

EID: 33645224414     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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