Calcium-dependent immunoglobulin E recognition of the apo- and calcium- bound form of a cross-reactive two EF-hand timothy grass pollen allergen, Phl p 7

FASEB Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 843-856

  Niederberger, Verena ^c   Hayek, Brigitte ^c   Vrtala, Susanne ^c   Laffer, Sylvia ^c   Twardosz, Anna ^c   Vangelista, Luca ^a   Sperr, Wolfgang R ^c   Valent, Peter ^c   Rumpold, Helmut ^c   Kraft, Dietrich ^c   Ehrenberger, Klaus ^c   Valenta, Rudolf ^b   Spitzauer, Susanne ^c  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Allergen; Circular dichroism spectroscopy; Conformational epitopes; Cross reactivity; EF hand protein; Pollen specific expression; Type I allergy

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROTEIN PHL P 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENSITIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032895187     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.8.843     Document Type: Article

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