Allergen databases: Current status and perspectives

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 376-383

  Mari, Adriano ^a   Rasi, Chiara ^b   Palazzo, Paola ^b   Scala, Enrico ^b  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALGORITHM; ALLERGENICITY; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PREDICTION; DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; FOOD SAFETY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASE; NOMENCLATURE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROTEIN DATABASE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INTERNET;

EID: 68949163136     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-009-0055-9     Document Type: Review

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