Molecular Characterization of Bip 1, a Monoclonal Antibody That Modulates IgE Binding to Birch Pollen Allergen, Bet v 1

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4953-4962

  Laffer, Sylvia ^a   Vangelista, Luca ^b   Steinberger, Peter ^a   Kraft, Dietrich ^a   Pastore, Annalisa ^b   Valenta, Rudolf ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BET V 1 PROTEINS, BETULA PENDULA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS REACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLUBILITY;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0030443234     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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