Aerobiological, biochemical and immunological studies on some of the dominant Aspergillus species of South Assam (India)

Aerobiologia

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-210

  Sharma, Dhruba ^a   Dutta, B K ^b   Singh, A B ^c   Shome, B R ^d  

^a RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^d INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Allergy; Aspergillus; ELISA; SDS PAGE; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BINDING PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGAL STRAIN; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 34547851660     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-007-9064-0     Document Type: Article

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