Nuclear magnetic resonance structure and IgE epitopes of Blo t 5, a major dust mite allergen

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2586-2596

  Siew, Leong Chan ^a,b   Tan, Ching Ong ^a   Yun, Feng Gao ^a   Yuen, Sung Tiong ^a   De, Yun Wang ^a   Fook, Tim Chew ^a   Yu, Keung Mok ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BLO T 5 ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; GLUTAMINE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN BLO T 5; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BINDING ASSAY; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SKIN TEST; SURFACE PROPERTY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DUST; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MITE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DUST; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 53149097005     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.4.2586     Document Type: Article

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