Backbone resonance assignment of Alt a 1, a unique β-barrel protein and the major allergen of Alternaria alternata

Biomolecular NMR Assignments

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 229-231

  Wagner, Gabriel E ^a   Gutfreund, Sandra ^b   Fauland, Kerstin ^a   Keller, Walter ^a   Valenta, Rudolf ^b   Zangger, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergen; Alt a 1; Alternaria alternata; NMR backbone assignment; Unique barrel fold

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878139916     PISSN: 18742718     EISSN: 1874270X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12104-013-9489-z     Document Type: Article

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