Alternaria alternata NADP*-dependent mannitol dehydrogenase is an important fungal allergen

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1513-1524

  Schneider, P B ^a   Denk, U ^a   Breitenbach, M ^a   Richter, K ^a   Schmid Grendelmeier, P ^b   Nobbe, S ^b   Himly, M ^a   Mari, A ^c   Ebner, C ^d   Simon Nobbe, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^d Allergie Ambulatorium Rennweg Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergen; Allergy; Alt a 8; Alternaria alternata; Cross reactivity; Mannitol dehydrogenase; Mould; MtDH

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MANNITOL DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLERGENS; ALTERNARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLADOSPORIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, FUNGAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MANNITOL DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 33845463106     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02582.x     Document Type: Article

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