The immunoglobulin-like modules Cε3 and α2 are the minimal units necessary for human IgE-FcεRI interaction

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1571-1578

  Vangelista, Luca ^a,f   Laffer, Sylvia ^b   Turek, Robert ^c   Grönland, Hans ^d   Sperr, Wolfgang R ^b   Valent, Peter ^b   Pastore, Annalisa ^e   Valenta, Rudolf ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Pharmacia and Upjohn Diagnostics   (Germany)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PYROXYLIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BASOPHIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; HISTAMINE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASOPHILS; CELL LINE; COLLODION; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECEPTORS, IGE; SOLUBILITY; SPODOPTERA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032587588     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI6551     Document Type: Article

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