Identification of a Hevea brasiliensis latex manganese superoxide dismutase (Hev b 10) as a cross-reactive allergen

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 120-127

  Wagner, Stefan ^a   Sowka, Slawomir ^a   Mayer, Christina ^b   Crameri, Reto ^b   Focke, Margit ^a   Kurup, Viswanath P ^c,d   Scheiner, Otto ^a   Breiteneder, Heimo ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e AKH EBO 3Q ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Hevea brasiliensis; Latex allergy; Manganese superoxide dismutase; Mold allergy; Pan allergen; Recombinant Hev b 10

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TREES;

EID: 0034938391     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053805     Document Type: Article

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