Asp159 is a critical core amino acid of an IgE-binding and cross-reactive epitope of a dust mite allergen Der f 7

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 2130-2134

  Chou, H ^a   Tam, M F ^b   Lee, S S ^c   Tang, R B ^a   Lin, T H ^a,d   Tai, H Y ^a   Chen, Y S ^a   Shen, H D ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Critical amino acid; Der f 7; IgE cross reactivity; IgE epitope

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID 159; EPITOPE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASPARTIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ACARI; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 80051931126     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: 18729142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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