The transaldolase, a novel allergen of Fusarium proliferatum, demonstrates IgE cross-reactivity with its human analogue

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Chou, Hong ^a   Wu, Keh Gong ^b   Yeh, Chang Ching ^a   Tai, Hsiao Yun ^a   Tam, Ming F ^c   Chen, Yu Sen ^a   Shen, Horng Der ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRANSALDOLASE; ALLERGEN; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; CHEMISTRY; FUSARIUM; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSALDOLASE;

EID: 84904994242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103488     Document Type: Article

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