Class I chitinases as potential panallergens involved in the latex-fruit syndrome

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 507-513

  Blanco, Carlos ^a   Diaz Perales, Araceli ^b   Collada, Carmen ^c   Sánchez Monge, Rosa ^b   Aragoncillo, Cipriano ^c   Castillo, Rodolfo ^a   Ortega, Nancy ^a   Alvarez, Maria ^a   Carrillo, Teresa ^a   Salcedo, Gabriel ^b  

^a Hospital Nuestra Senora del Pino   (Spain)

^b Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^c Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avocado; Chestnut; Chitinases; Hevein like domain; Latex fruit syndrome; Panallergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CHITINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SKIN TEST; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CHITINASE; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; LAURACEAE; LECTINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SKIN TESTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0033020089     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70478-1     Document Type: Article

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