Links
International Union of Immunological Societies Allergen Nomenclature Sub-Committee
The Allergen.org page contains information on protein allergen nomenclature along with a list of allergen.
Allergome - A Database of Allergenic Molecules
The Allergome web site has been designed to supply information on Allergenic Molecules (Allergens).
Identified molecules causing an IgE-mediated (allergic, atopic) disease (anaphylaxis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, conjunctivitis, rhinitis, urticaria) have been selected from international scientific journals and from web-based resources.
It also contains data on allergenic sources whether they have identified molecules or not.
This is one of the most comprehensive online sources of information regarding allergens and allergenic proteins.
IMGT, the international ImMunoGeneTics database
IMGT, the international ImMunoGeneTics database, is a high-quality integrated information system specialising in Immunoglobulins (IG), T cell receptors (TR) and Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecules of all vertebrate species, created in 1989 by Marie-Paule Lefranc (Université Montpellier II, CNRS). IMGT consists of sequence databases (IMGT/LIGM-DB, a comprehensive database of IG and TR from human and other vertebrates, with translation for fully annotated sequences, IMGT/MHC-DB, IMGT/PRIMER-DB), genome and structure databases (IMGT/3Dstructure-DB), Web resources (IMGT Marie-Paule page) and interactive tools. The IMGT server provides a common access to all Immunogenetics data.
The biotechnology information for food safety database
http://www.iit.edu/~sgendel/fa.htm
Food allergy information page
The initial construction of these databases were described in: Gendel, S. 1998. Sequence Databases for Assessing the Potential Allergenicity of Proteins Used in Transgenic Foods. Advances in Food and Nutrition Research 42; 63-92. The databases presented here have been updated from that publication.
Swiss-prot protein knowledge base
http://www.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/lists?allergen.txt
SWISS-PROT Protein Knowledgebase
Gateway to all asthma, allergy and intolerance information on the web
http://allallergy.net/index.html
The World Wide Web has simplified access to a great wealth of allergy and intolerance information for health professionals and consumers. However this information is not necessarily easily accessible. Search Engines do not grade Web sites or articles according to their content or worth. Important articles or resources may not show up at all on a Search Engine. Furthermore, excellent resources may be "hidden" in sites due to poor navigational design. Some noteworthy sites have little or poor information on certain topics, which may however, be well covered in more obscure sites.
Latex allergens
http://dmd.nihs.go.jp/latex/allergen-e.html
Information resource pertaining to latex allergies.
The CSL allergen database
http://www.csl.gov.uk/allergenThe database was compiled by the Molecular and Cellular Sciences Team located in the Food Safety and Quality Directorate of The Central Science Laboratory at Sand Hutton York. The team also carries out research into allergen structure and potency.
European Bioinformatics Institute
The EMBL Outstation - European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) is a centre for research and services in bioinformatics. The Institute manages databases of biological data including nucleic acid, protein sequences and macromolecular structures.
