Extensive ige cross-reactivity towards the pooideae grasses substantiated for a large number of grass-pollen-sensitized subjects

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-334

  Johansen, Niels ^a   Weber, Richard W ^b   Ipsen, Henrik ^a   Barber, Domingo ^c   Broge, Louise ^a   Hejl, Charlotte ^a  

^a ALK ABELLÓ   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ALK Abello   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergen; Clades; Cross reactivity; Grass pollen; IgE; Immunotherapy; Phleum pratense; Pooideae; Sequence homology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GRASS POLLEN EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POACEAE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHLEUM; POLLEN; PROTEIN BINDING; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 67649432626     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000226233     Document Type: Article

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