Analysis of the cross-reactivity and of the 1.5 Å crystal structure of the Malassezia sympodialis Mala s 6 allergen, a member of the cyclophilin pan-allergen family

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-49

  Glaser, Andreas G ^a   Limacher, Andreas ^a,b   Flückiger, Sabine ^a   Scheynius, Annika ^c   Scapozza, Leonardo ^d   Crameri, Reto ^a  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Aspergillus fumigatus; Autoreactivity; Malassezia sympodialis; Recombinant allergen; Self antigen

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PROTEINS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YEAST;

ALLERGY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOREACTIVITY; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN; SELF ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENS;

ALLERGEN; CYCLOPHILIN; CYCLOPHILIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BINDING SITES; CROSS REACTIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLOPHILIN A; CYCLOPHILINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALASSEZIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN TESTS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS;

EID: 33646801211     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20051708     Document Type: Article

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