Structural features of allergenic molecules

Chemical Immunology and Allergy

Volumn 91, Issue , 2006, Pages 134-146

  Aalberse, Rob C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 30744466669     PISSN: 16602242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000090277     Document Type: Review

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