Hypoallergenic mutants of the timothy grass pollen allergen Phl p 5 generated by proline mutations

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-142

  Wald, Martin ^a   Kahlert, Helga ^a   Reese, Gerald ^a   Krontal, Nina ^a   Zafred, Domen ^b   Keller, Walter ^b   Cromwell, Oliver ^a   Fiebig, Helmut ^a   Nandy, Andreas ^a  

^a Research and Development Division   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergy; Hypoallergenic variants; Phl p 5; Phleum pratense; Recombinant allergen; Specific immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUCINE; MONOMER; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROLINE; PROTEIN MULTIPLE PROLINE VARIANT 7; PROTEIN RECOMBINANT PHL P 5; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; T LYMPHOCYTE; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASOPHILS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PHLEUM; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROLINE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; SOLUBILITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84861589534     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336651     Document Type: Article

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