Ara h 2 and ara h 6 have similar allergenic activity and are substantially redundant

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-258

  Chen, Xueni ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   El Mezayen, Rabab ^a   Zhuang, Yonghua ^a   Dreskin, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergenic activity; Ara h 2; Ara h 6; Food allergy; Peanut; RBL SX 38

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PEANUT EXTRACT; PROTEINS ARA H 2; PROTEINS ARA H 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CRUDE PEANUT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ARA H 2; PROTEIN ARA H 6;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN CELL;

2S ALBUMINS, PLANT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BASOPHILS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS;

EID: 84867446249     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341642     Document Type: Article

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