Mala s 12 is a major allergen in patients with atopic eczema and has sequence similarities to the GMC oxidoreductase family

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 695-703

  Zargari, A ^b   Selander, C ^a,b   Rasool, O ^b,c   Ghanem, M ^d   Gadda, G ^d   Crameri, R ^e   Scheynius, A ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c TURKU CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Allergen; Allergy; Atopic eczema; GMC oxidoreductase superfamily; Malassezia sympodialis; Recombinant allergen

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALLERGEN; BENZYL ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INOSITOL; LAURYL ALCOHOL; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS ALLERGEN 12; METHANOL; MONOMER; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENTANOL; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 34248571688     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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