C-terminal cysteine residues determine the IgE binding of Aspergillus fumigatus allergen Asp f 2

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5137-5144

  Banerjee, Banani ^a   Kurup, Viswanath P ^a   Greenberger, Paul A ^a   Kelly, Kevin J ^a   Fink, Jordan N ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN ASP F 2; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC DISEASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DISULFIDE BOND; EVALUATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SAFETY; SENSITIZATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0036838688     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.9.5137     Document Type: Article

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