The role of protein glycosylation in allergy

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-115

  Altmann, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergens, clinically irrelevant; Carbohydrate epitopes; Cross reactive carbohydrate determinant; Glycoprotein; N glycosylation; O N linked glycans

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ASPARAGINE; CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ALLERGY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; DEGLYCOSYLATION; DEGRANULATION; GLYCOBIOLOGY; GRASS POLLEN; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATES; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 33846187538     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096114     Document Type: Review

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