ALLERGEN NOMENCLATURE
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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Asc l 5
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Animalia Nematoda
Order: Ascaridida
Species: Ascaris lumbricoides (Common roundworm)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 6252
Obsolete name:Divalent cation binding protein
MW(SDS-PAGE):14 kDa
Allergenicity:13 of 26 subjects with Ascaris lumbricoides infection and allergy were positive by IgE binding to recombinant protein produced by cDNA clone. 81 non-infected people were negative. 3 of 5 subjects had positive basophil resonses to this protein, measured by CD203c positivity by flow cytometry.
Allergenicity reference:AllergyabstractsofEAACImeetinginBarcelonaabstractPubMed:13inAllergyPubMed:70(Supple101)ManotasM.ZakzukJ.CoronadoS.AhumadaVandCaraballoL.
Route of allergen exposure:Food
Date Created:2019/10/17
Last Updated:2019-10-17 11:10:25
Submitter Info:
Name:Luis Caraballo
Institution:Institute for Immunological Research, University of Cartagena
City:Cartagena, Columbia
Email:lcaraballog@unicartagena.edu.co
Submission Date:2019-08-14

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Table of IsoAllergens Click +/- for additional information
Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Asc l 5.0101MN275230MN275230