Crystallization and preliminary X-ray investigation at 2.0 Å resolution of Bet v 1, a birch pollen protein causing IgE-mediated allergy

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 358-360

  Spangfort, Michael D ^a   Larsen, Jørgen N ^a   Gajhede, Michael ^b  

^a ALK ABELLÓ   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

allergy; Bet v 1; betula; birch; crystallization; pollen

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALLERGENS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TREES;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERRUCOSA;

EID: 0029826747     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199611)26:3<358::AID-PROT10>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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