Patent ID: 7101851

Claim:
A peptide which competes with IgE134 (SEQ ID NOS:155, 171) for binding the high affinity IgE receptor (FcεRI) in an in vitro assay and having the formula: (Xaa) x -Cys-Pro-Xaa 1 -Xaa 2 -Cys-Tyr-(Xaa) y -Xaa 3 -Cys-Pro-Xaa 4 -Xaa 5 -Cys-Xaa 6 -(Xaa) z (SEQ ID NO: 596) wherein Xaa is an amino acid and x is 0, 1 or 2; y is between 3 and 10 and z is 0, 1 or 3.