The allergens of Parietaria

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-179

  Colombo, Paolo ^a,b   Bonura, Angela ^a   Costa, Maria Assunta ^a   Izzo, Vincenzo ^a   Passantino, Rosa ^a   Locorotondo, Giovanni ^a   Amoroso, Saverio ^a   Geraci, Domenico ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile Di Vicenza   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypoallergenic derivatives; IgE; Natural allergens; Parietaria pollen; Pollinosis; Recombinant allergens; Three dimensional model

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ASTHMA; BINDING AFFINITY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; DATA ANALYSIS; GRASS POLLEN; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOASSAY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARIETARIA JUDAICA; PARIETARIA OFFICINALIS; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; URTICACEAE;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPITOPES; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARIETARIA; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0037239699     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069520     Document Type: Review

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