Isolation and immunological characterization of a novel Cladosporium herbarum allergen structurally homologous to the α/β hydrolase fold superfamily

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1366-1377

  Rid, Raphaela ^a   Önder, Kamil ^a,b   Hawranek, Thomas ^b   Laimer, Martin ^b   Bauer, Johann W ^b   Holler, Claudia ^a   Simon Nobbe, Birgit ^a   Breitenbach, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

Author keywords

hydrolase fold superfamily; Allergy; Ascomycete; Cladosporium herbarum; Mold; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; HYDROLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM HERBARUM; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLADOSPORIUM; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN RENATURATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

DAVIDIELLA TASSIANA;

EID: 76949090524     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.11.027     Document Type: Article

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