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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Ama r 2
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Plantae Eudikotyledons
Order: Caryophyllales
Species: Amaranthus retroflexus (Redroot pigweed)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 124763
Biochemical name:Profilin
MW(SDS-PAGE):14 kDa
Allergenicity:5/19 (25%) patients with seasonal rhinoconjuctivitis and positive SPT with A. retroflexus pollen extract showed IgE binding to a 14 kDa band in A. retroflexus pollen extract, which could be inhibited with the reccombinant profilins Cuc m 2 and Che a 2.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:21430432
Route of allergen exposure:Airway
Date Created:15-10-2009
Last Updated:2020-05-13 21:05:04
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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Ama r 2.0101FJ899746ACP43298C3W2Q7