Spatial clustering of the IgE epitopes on the major timothy grass pollen allergen Phl p 1: Importance for allergenic activity

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1336-1343

  Flicker, Sabine ^a   Steinberger, Peter ^a   Ball, Tanja ^a,c   Krauth, Maria Theresa ^b   Verdino, Petra ^d   Valent, Peter ^b   Almo, Steve ^c   Valenta, Rudolf ^a  

^a Center for Physiology and Pathophysiology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional structure; allergen; epitope; Grass pollen allergy; monoclonal human IgE antibodies; Phl p 1; recombinant allergen fragment

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLERGENS; BINDING SITES; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHLEUM; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 33646941045     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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