ALLERGEN NOMENCLATURE
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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Cav p 2
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Animalia Chordata
Order: Rodentia
Species: Cavia porcellus (Guinea pig)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 10141
Biochemical name:Lipocalin
MW(SDS-PAGE):17 kDa
Allergenicity:65% of 26 individuals with guinea pig allergy and positive CAPs to guinea pig epithelium had IgE that reacted in immunoblot and ELISA with the recombinant Cav p 2.0101 produced in E. coli Rosetta-gami cells.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:21518038
Route of allergen exposure:Airway
Date Created:25-02-2006
Last Updated:2020-05-15 00:20:44
Submitter Info:
Name:Christiane Hilger
Institution:Luxembourg Institute of Health, Department of Infection & Immunity
City:Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Cav p 2.0101FN256284CAX62129P83508