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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Pen ch 18
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Fungi Ascomycota
Order: Eurotiales
Species: Penicillium chrysogenum
NCBI Taxomony ID: 5076
Biochemical name:Vacuolar serine protease
MW(SDS-PAGE):32 kDa
Allergenicity:Among 17 P.chrysogenum-sensitized patients, 14 (82%) showed IgE binding to Pen ch 18 (identified by N-terminal sequence analysis) on immunoblot. - IgE epitope analysis: medline 21961432 (peptide C12, located in the N-terminal region of the molecule, was recognized by serum IgE in 75% of the patients tested)
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:10231324
Route of allergen exposure:Airway
Date Created:26-08-2003
Last Updated:2019-09-05 01:45:16
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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Pen ch 18.0101AF264027AAF71379Q9P8G3