Solution structure of Phl p 3, a major allergen from timothy grass pollen

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 389, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 919-923

  Schweimer, Kristian ^a   Petersen, Arnd ^b   Suck, Roland ^c   Becker, Wolf Meinhard ^b   Rösch, Paul ^a   Matecko, Irena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c ALLERGOPHARMA JOACHIM GANZER KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergen; Epitopes; Grass pollen; Phl p 3; Phleum pratense; Timothy grass

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRASS POLLEN; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ELECTROSTATICS; EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHLEUM; POLLEN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 49149088119     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2008.102     Document Type: Article

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