An immunoglobulin-like fold in a major plant allergen: The solution structure of Phl p 2 from timothy grass pollen

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 943-952

  De Marino, S ^a   Castiglione Morelli, M A ^b   Fraternali, F ^a   Tamborini, E ^c   Musco, G ^a   Vrtala, S ^d   Dolecek, C ^d   Arosio, P ^e   Valenta, R ^d   Pastore, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergy; Immunoglobulins; Immunology; NMR; Structure

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS POLLEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0004872069     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80121-X     Document Type: Article

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