Discontinuous IgE-binding epitopes contain multiple continuous epitope regions: Results of an epitope mapping on recombinant Hol l 5, a major allergen from velvet grass pollen

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 331-341

  Schramm, G ^a   Bufe, A ^a,b   Petersen, A ^a   Haas, H ^a   Merget, R ^a,c   Schlaak, M ^a   Becker, W M ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous discontinuous epitopes; Epitope mapping; Grass pollen allergen; IgE binding epitopes; Velvet grass

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SERUM;

EID: 0035079256     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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