Title: Cockroach Allergens: Function, Structure and Allergenicity
VOLUME: 14 ISSUE: 10
Author(s):A. Pomes, S. Wunschmann, J. Hindley, L. D. Vailes and M. D. Chapman
Affiliation:INDOOR Biotechnologies,Inc., 1216 Harris Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
Keywords:Cockroach, allergens, asthma, molecular biology, molecular structure, function
Abstract: Cockroach allergy is a widespread health problem in the world, associated with the development of asthma. The German and American cockroach species are important producers of a wide variety of allergens. Knowledge of their structure and function contributes to understand their role in allergy and to design tools for diagnosis and immunotherapy.
