Vacuolar serine protease is a major allergen of Cladosporium cladosporioides

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-286

  Chou, Hong ^a   Tam, Ming F ^b   Lee, Lin Hau ^a   Chiang, Chi Huei ^a   Tai, Hsiao Yun ^a   Panzani, Raphael C ^c   Shen, Horng Der ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c Centre de Recherche en Allergologie   (France)

Author keywords

Cla c 9 allergen; Cladosporium cladosporioides; Vacuolar serine protease

Indexed keywords

CLA C 9 ENZYME; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY FUM20; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; CELL VACUOLE; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASTHMA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLADOSPORIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 46849109950     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121462     Document Type: Article

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