In silico Identification of IgE-Binding Epitopes of Osmotin Protein

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sharma, Prerna ^a   Gaur, Shailendra Nath ^b   Arora, Naveen ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OSMOTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER MODEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FOOD ALLERGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; CUPRESSUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84872559071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054755     Document Type: Article

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