Update of the WHO/IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Database based on analysis of allergen sequences

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 413-419

  Radauer, C ^a   Nandy, A ^b   Ferreira, F ^c   Goodman, R E ^d   Larsen, J N ^e   Lidholm, J ^f   Pomes A ^g   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^h   Rozynek, P ^h   Thomas, W R ⁱ   Breiteneder, H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ALLERGOPHARMA JOACHIM GANZER KG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e ALK ABELLÓ   (Denmark)

^f Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^g INDOOR Biotechnologies Inc   (United States)

^h RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

allergen nomenclature; allergens; bioinformatics; database; protein families

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIRCH; CEREAL; DANDER; GRAIN; HORSE; LARVA; MILK; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAGWEED POLLEN; REVIEW; TOMATO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84895510145     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12348     Document Type: Review

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