Refolding of the Cupressus arizonica major pollen allergen Cup a1.02 overexpressed in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 419-425

  Rea, Giuseppina ^a   Iacovacci, Patrizia ^b   Ferrante, Paola ^c   Zelli, Massimo ^c   Brunetto, Barbara ^b   Lamba, Doriano ^a   Boffi, Alberto ^d   Pini, Carlo ^b   Federico, Rodolfo ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Ist Superiore San I 00185 R

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cup a1 allergen; Cypress pollinosis; Immunotherapy.; Protein refolding

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CUP A 1 PROTEIN, CUPRESSUS ARIZONICA; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOPROTEIN; NICKEL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CUPRESSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLLEN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLERGENS; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CUPRESSUS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NICKEL; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS ARIZONICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 4444350743     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.06.034     Document Type: Article

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