Pollen allergens are restricted to few protein families and show distinct patterns of species distribution

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-147

  Radauer, Christian ^a   Breiteneder, Heimo ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Pollen allergens; Protein families; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALMODULIN; CUPIN; FOOD ALLERGEN; PATULIN; PECTATE LYASE; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROFILIN; PROLAMIN; PROTEIN; THAUMATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ALLERGENS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29544433190     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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