Structural aspects and clinical relevance of Aspergillus fumigatus antigens/allergens

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 261-267

  Crameri, R ^a   Limacher, A ^a   Weichel, M ^a   Glaser, A G ^a   Zeller, S ^a   Rhyner, C ^a  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Aspergillus fumigatus; Crystal structures; Diagnosis; Recombinant allergens

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SARCIN; CYCLOPHILIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MITOGILLIN; RESTRICTOCIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CROSS REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DNA LIBRARY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 33749517705     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780600789160     Document Type: Article

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