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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Api g 2
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Plantae Eudikotyledons
Order: Apiales
Species: Apium graveolens (Celery)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 4045
Biochemical name:Non-specific lipid-transfer protein, type 1
MW(SDS-PAGE):9 kDa
Allergenicity:IgE testing showed a sensitization prevalence of 25.6% to Api g 2 among 786 tested Mediterranean subjects. 10/32 patients suffering from LTP-related allergy reported symptoms upon consumption of celery stalks which mainly presented as OAS.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:21897872
Route of allergen exposure:Food
Date Created:21-08-2009
Last Updated:2019-07-09 00:02:58
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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Api g 2.0101FJ643539ACV04796E6Y8S8