Sequence homology: A poor predictive value for profilins cross-reactivity

Clinical and Molecular Allergy

Mahmoud Mahmoudi¹  Nazanin Pazouki²  Abdolreza Varasteh²  Mojtaba Sankian² 

[1] Molecular biology Lab, Immunology Research Center, Bu-Ali Research Institute, Mashhad, Iran;Immunobiochemistry Lab, Immunology Research Center, Bu-Ali Research Institute, Mashhad, Iran

关键词: epitope;    cross-reactivity;    profilin;    melon;    food allergy;   

Others  :  792718
DOI  :  10.1186/1476-7961-3-13

 received in 2005-06-28, accepted in 2005-09-10,  发布年份 2005

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2005 Sankian et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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