Identification of an immunodominant IgE epitope of the Parietaria judaica major allergen

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2780-2785

  Colombo, Paolo ^a,d   Kennedy, Derek ^b   Ramsdale, Tracie ^b   Costa, Maria A ^a   Duro, Giovanni ^a   Izzo, Vincenzo ^a   Salvadori, Severo ^c   Guerrini, Remo ^c   Cocchiara, Roberta ^a   Mirisola, Mario G ^a   Wood, Stephen ^b   Geraci, Domenico ^a  

^a Istituto di Biologia dello Sviluppo   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HISTAMINE RELEASE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EPITOPE MAPPING; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLLEN;

EID: 0032520779     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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