Transaldolases are novel and immunoglobulin E cross-reacting fungal allergens

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 739-749

  Chou, H ^a   Tam, M F ^b   Chiang, C H ^a   Chou, C T ^a   Tai, H Y ^a   Shen, H D ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allergen; C. cladosporioides; P. chrysogenum; Transaldolase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; TRANSALDOLASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENCILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASTHMA; CLADOSPORIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; TRANSALDOLASE;

EID: 79954474294     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03698.x     Document Type: Article

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