Group 5 allergens of timothy grass (Phl p 5) bear cross-reacting T cell epitopes with group 1 allergens of rye grass (Lol p 1)

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 352-355

  Muller W D ^a   Karamfilov, T ^a   Bufe, A ^b   Fahlbush, B ^a   Wolf, I ^a   Jager L ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross reactivities; Grass pollen allergens; Group 1; Group 5; Proliferation assays; T cell clones

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029989575     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237262     Document Type: Article

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