Evidence for an alpha helical T cell epitope in the C-terminus of the main birch pollen allergen Bet V 1

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 187-192

  Kungl, Andreas J ^a   Susani, Markus ^b   Lindemann, Almut ^c   Machius, Mischa ^d   Visser, Antonie J W G ^e   Scheiner, Otto ^f   Kraft, Dietrich ^f   Breitenbach, Michael ^g   Auer, Manfred ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029894434     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.0867     Document Type: Article

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