ALLERGEN NOMENCLATURE
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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Amb a 9
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Plantae Eudikotyledons
Order: Asterales
Species: Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Short ragweed)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 4212
Biochemical name:Polcalcin
MW(SDS-PAGE):9 kDa
Allergenicity:A pool of 46 subjects with allergies to ragweed from Italy and Austria were used to select 2 positive IgE binding clones that are polcalcins. Five individual subects were used for IgE binding, inhibition and basophil activity tests.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:18588553
Route of allergen exposure:Airway
Date Created:03-11-2006
Last Updated:2019-06-28 19:38:23
Submitter Info:
Name:Fatima Ferreira
Institution:University of Salzburg
City:Salzburg, Austria
Email:fatima.ferreira@sbg.ac.at
Submission Date:2006-11-03

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Table of IsoAllergens Click +/- for additional information
Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Amb a 9.0101AY894657AAX77684Q2KN27 
Amb a 9.0102AY894658AAX77685Q2KN26