Bioinformatics and immunologic investigation on B and T cell epitopes of Cur I 3, a major allergen of Curvularia lunata

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2650-2655

  Sharma, Vidhu ^a   Singh, Bhanu P ^a   Gaur, Shailendra N ^b   Pasha, Santosh ^a   Arora, Naveen ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Cur I 3; Cytochrome c; Epitopes; Fungal allergens; In silico

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CUR L 3 PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOKINE; ENOLASE; EPITOPE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; SERINE PROTEINASE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOINFORMATICS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CURVULARIA LUNATA; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE; YEAST;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ASCOMYCOTA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOCHROMES C; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LYMPHOCYTES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING;

COCHLIOBOLUS LUNATUS; CURVULARIA;

EID: 67049144621     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr800784q     Document Type: Article

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