Crystal Structure of Der f 7, a Dust Mite Allergen from Dermatophagoides farinae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Tan, Kang Wei ^a   Jobichen, Chacko ^a   Ong, Tan Ching ^a   Gao, Yun Feng ^a   Tiong, Yuen Sung ^a   Wong, Kang Ning ^a   Chew, Fook Tim ^a   Sivaraman, J ^a   Mok, Yu Keung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DER F 7 ALLERGEN; DER P 7 ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYMYXIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; PH; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

ACARI; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE;

EID: 84866065833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044850     Document Type: Article

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