International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 128(2): 90-96
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 1018-2438
PMID: 12065908
DOI: 10.1159/000059398
Background: Gastropod consumption is quite frequent in the Mediterranean countries and cross-reactivities with crustaceans have been described, but the mechanism of this allergenic cross-reactivity has not been studied in detail. This study aimed to produce recombinant Helix aspersa (brown garden snail) tropomyosin and investigate its implication for cross-reactivity among invertebrates.