An allergen portrait gallery: Representative structures and an overview of IgE binding surfaces

Bioinformatics and Biology Insights

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 113-125

  Schein, Catherine H ^a,b   Ivanciuc, Ovidiu ^a,b   Midoro Horiuti, Terumi ^a,b,c   Goldblum, Randall M ^a,b,c   Braun, Werner ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen PFAM classification; Allergen specific motifs; Cross reactiviy; IgE epitopes; Specific immunotherapy; Structural database of allergenic proteins

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; AMINO ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROFILIN;

ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NOMENCLATURE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 78650000581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11779322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/bbi.s5737     Document Type: Article

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