Calcium-binding allergens: From plants to man

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 160-166

  Valenta, Rudoif ^a,d   Hayek, Brigitte ^a   Seiberler, Susanne ^a   Bugajska Schretter, Agnes ^a   Niederberger, Verena ^a   Twardosz, Anna ^a   Natter, Susanne ^a   Vangelista, Luca ^b   Pastore, Annalisa ^c   Spirzauer, Susanne ^a   Kraft, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calcium binding allergens; Cross reactivity; Diagnosis; EF hand motif; IgE epitopes; Immunotherapy; Type I allergy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; PARVALBUMIN;

ALLERGY; ALPHA HELIX; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; GRASS; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; PLANT; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREE;

EID: 7844224030     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024005     Document Type: Review

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