Insight into different environmental niches adaptation and allergenicity from the Cladosporium sphaerospermum genome, a common human allergy-eliciting Dothideomycetes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yew, Su Mei ^a   Chan, Chai Ling ^a   Ngeow, Yun Fong ^b   Toh, Yue Fen ^a   Na, Shiang Ling ^a   Lee, Kok Wei ^c   Hoh, Chee Choong ^c   Yee, Wai Yan ^c   Ng, Kee Peng ^a   Kuan, Chee Sian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^c No 26 ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MELANIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; POLYKETIDE; SIDEROPHORE;

ADAPTATION; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CLADOSPORIUM; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLERGENS; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MYCOSES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYKETIDES; SIDEROPHORES;

EID: 84973366446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep27008     Document Type: Article

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