Mammalian allergens

Allergens and Allergen Immunotherapy, Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 201-218

  Virtanen, Tuomas ^a   Kinnunen, Tuure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LIPOCALIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LIPOCALINS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

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