IgE binding of the recombinant allergen soybean profilin (rGly m 3) is mediated by conformational epitopes

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1293-1301

  Rihs, Hans Peter ^a,d   Chen, Zhiping ^a   Ruëff, Franziska ^b   Petersen, Arnd ^c   Rozynek, Peter ^a   Heimann, Heike ^a   Baur, Xaver ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformational epitope; IgE; Recombinant profilin; Soybean allergy; Soybean profilin

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROFILIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOYBEAN;

EID: 0033435099     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70027-8     Document Type: Article

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