Structural insight into protein T1, the non-allergenic member of the Bet v 1 allergen family-An in silico analysis

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 456-462

  Ghosh, Debajyoti ^a   Gupta Bhattacharya, Swati ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Allergenicity; Bet v 1; Cross reactivity; Protein T1; Structural bioinformatics

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BET V 1 ALLERGEN; BRASSINOLIDE; BV16; PROTEIN T1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER MODEL; CROSS REACTION; DIMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; CHOLESTANOLS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROSTATICS; EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STEROIDS, HETEROCYCLIC; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 34548207604     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.05.025     Document Type: Article

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