Mechanisms of Allergen-Antibody interaction of cockroach allergen BLA g 2 with monoclonal antibodies that inhibit IGE antibody binding

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Glesner, Jill ^a   Wünschmann, Sabina ^a   Li, Mi ^b,c   Gustchina, Alla ^c   Wlodawer, Alexander ^c   Himly, Martin ^d   Chapman, Martin D ^a   Pomés, Anna ^a  

^a INDOOR Biotechnologies Inc   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN BLA G 2; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCKROACH ALLERGY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; BIOTINYLATION; CHEMISTRY; COCKROACH; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

BLATTARIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; BIOTINYLATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COCKROACHES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 79960301160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022223     Document Type: Article

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