The molecular basis for allergen cross-reactivity: Crystal structure and IgE-epitope mapping of birch pollen profilin

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-45

  Fedorov, Alexander A ^a   Ball, Tanja ^b   Mahoney, Nicole M ^a   Valenta, Rudolf ^b   Almo, Steven C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

actin; allergen; IgE; IgE epitopes; poly L proline; profilin

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031568307     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00164-0     Document Type: Article

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