Tropomyosin: An invertebrate pan-allergen

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 247-258

  Reese, Gerald ^a   Ayuso, R ^a   Lehrer, Samuel B ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cockroach; Crustacea; Food allergy; House dust mites; Invertebrate allergens; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

DIMER; FOOD ALLERGEN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARACHNID; COCKROACH; CRAB; CROSS REACTION; CRUSTACEA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; LOBSTER; MOLLUSC; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHRIMP; VERTEBRATE;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CROSS REACTIONS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 0032802882     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024201     Document Type: Review

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