Enolases are highly conserved fungal allergens

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 114-117

  Breitenbach, Michael ^a   Simon, Birgit ^a   Probst, Gerald ^a   Oberkofler, Hannes ^a   Ferreira, Fatima ^a   Briza, Peter ^a   Achatz, Gernot ^a   Unger, Andrea ^a   Ebner, Christof ^b   Kraft, Dietrich ^b   Hirschwehr, Reinhold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergens; Alternaria; Cladosporium; Enolase; Moulds

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENOLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA; CLADOSPORIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE;

EID: 8244223873     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237521     Document Type: Article

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