Overview on denominated allergens

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 494-516

  Liebers, V ^a,b   Sander, I ^a   Van Kampen, V ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^a   Rozynek, P ^a   Baur, X ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE;

EID: 0029992437     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00570.x     Document Type: Review

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