Molecular, immunological, and structural characterization of Phl p 6, a major allergen and P-particle-associated protein from timothy grass (Phleum pratense) pollen

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5489-5496

  Vrtala, Susanne ^a,b   Fischer, Sabine ^b   Grote, Monika ^c   Vangelista, Luca ^d   Pastore, Annalisa ^e   Sperr, Wolfgang R ^b   Valent, Peter ^b   Reichelt, Rudolf ^c   Kraft, Dietrich ^b   Valenta, Rudolf ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GRASS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; EPITOPES; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLANT PROTEINS; POACEAE; POLLEN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033571728     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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