Alternaria alternata allergen Alt a 1: A unique β-barrel protein dimer found exclusively in fungi

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chruszcz, Maksymilian ^a   Chapman, Martin D ^b   Osinski, Tomasz ^a   Solberg, Robert ^a   Demas, Matthew ^a   Porebski, Przemyslaw J ^a   Majorek, Karolina A ^a   Pomés, Anna ^b   Minor, Wladek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INDOOR Biotechnologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

allergens; Alt a 1; Alternaria species; Asthma; molds; oligomeric structure; protein structure; x ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALT A 1 ALLERGEN; DISULFIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84862894294     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.03.047     Document Type: Article

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