A nonspecific, single-stranded nuclease activity with characteristics of a topoisomerase found in a major grass pollen allergen: Possible biological significance

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 1009-1016

  Bufe, Albrecht ^a   Uhlig, Ulrike ^a   Scholzen, Thomas ^a   Matousek, Jarouslav ^b   Schlaak, Max ^a   Weber, Wolfgang ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergen; Allergenic activity; Nuclease; Phlp5b; Site directed mutagenesis; Timothy grass pollen; Topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; ISOMERASE; NUCLEASE; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASS POLLEN; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SENSITIZATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POACEAE; POLLEN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 0032828291     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.125     Document Type: Article

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