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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Blo t 21
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Animalia Arthropoda
Order: Sarcoptiformes
Species: Blomia tropicalis (Storage mite)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 40697
Obsolete name:Blo t 5.02
Biochemical name:Group 5/21 allergen
MW(SDS-PAGE):13 kDa
Allergenicity:40 of 43 adult patients with rhinitis had IgE binding to Blo t 21. SPT positive in many IgE positive subjects with mean wheal size of 6.3 mm. Not cross-reactive with Blo t 5 even though the prevalence of IgE positivity was essentially identical.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:17445876
Route of allergen exposure:Airway
Date Created:08-02-2007
Last Updated:2023-11-09 13:14:50
Submitter Info:
Name:FT Chew
Institution:National University of Singapore
City:Singapore
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Submission Date:2007-02-08

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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Blo t 21.0101AY800348AAX34047A7IZE9