Crystal Structure of the Major Allergen from Fire Ant Venom, Sol i 3

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 383, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 178-185

  Padavattan, Sivaraman ^a   Schmidt, Margit ^b   Hoffman, Donald R ^c   Marković Housley, Zora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross reactivity; crystal structure; major fire ant allergen; Sol i 3

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANT VENOM; SOL I 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VES V 5;

ALPHA HELIX; ANT; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BETA SHEET; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 52049108969     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.08.023     Document Type: Article

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