Identification of isoform-specific T-cell epitopes in the major timothy grass pollen allergen, Phl p 5

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1614-1625

  Wurtzen P A ^a,e   Bufe, A ^b   Wissenbach, M ^a   Madsen, H O ^c   Ipsen, H ^a   Arnved, J ^d   Van Neerven, R J J ^a  

^a ALK ABELLÓ   (Denmark)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d Lunge og Allergiklinikken   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Grass group 5 allergens; Major histocompatibility complex; T lymphocytes; T cell epitopes; T cell receptors

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN PHL P 5; CD4 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONE CELLS; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; POACEAE; POLLEN; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033390324     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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