Three-dimensional structure of Fel d 1, the major allergen in cat

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-26

  Kaiser, Liselotte ^a   Grönlund, Hans ^a   Sandalova, Tatyana ^b   Ljunggren, Hans Gustaf ^b   Achour, Adnane ^b   Schneider, Gunter ^b   Van Hage Hamsten, Marianne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN FEL D 1; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CLARA CELL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DANDER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPOSURE; GENE; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RHINITIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SKIN; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CATS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 0141993336     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073261     Document Type: Article

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