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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Asp f 18
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Fungi Ascomycota
Order: Eurotiales
Species: Aspergillus fumigatus (Common mold)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 746128
Biochemical name:Vacuolar serine protease
MW(SDS-PAGE):34 kDa
Allergenicity:Of 19 asthmatic, A.fumigatus-sensitized patients, 15 (79%) showed serum IgE binding to 34 kD Asp f 18 (identified by N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis) on immunoblot. Of another 14 patients, 11 (79%) showed IgE binding to Asp f 18.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:11251631
Route of allergen exposure:Airway
Date Created:26-08-2003
Last Updated:2019-07-11 23:44:13
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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Asp f 18.0101Y13338CAA73782P87184