Major mountain cedar allergen, Jun a 1, contains conformational as well as linear IgE epitopes

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2781-2785

  Varshney, Shikha ^a,b   Goldblum, Randall M ^a   Kearney, Christopher ^b   Watanabe, Masanao ^c   Midoro Horiuti, Terumi ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KOWA COMPANY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergen structure; Cedar pollen hypersensitivity; Conformational epitopes; Cry j 1; IgE epitope; Jun a 1; Juniperus ashei; Mountain cedar; Protein denaturation

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; JUN A 1; POLLEN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ALPHA HELIX; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; DYNAMICS; HEATING; HIGHER PLANT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOASSAY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOUNTAIN CEDAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; EPITOPE MAPPING; GUANIDINE; HEATING; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

JUNIPERUS ASHEI; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 33846901166     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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