An attempt to define allergen-specific molecular surface features: A bioinformatic approach

Bioinformatics

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 4201-4204

  Furmonaviciene, Ruta ^a   Sutton, Brian J ^b   Glaser, Fabian ^c   Laughton, Charlie A ^a   Jones, Nick ^a   Sewell, Herb F ^a   Shakib, Farouk ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIN; ALLERGEN; PROFILIN; VENOM;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

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EID: 28444435888     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bti700     Document Type: Article

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