Crystal structure and immunologic characterization of the major grass pollen allergen Phl p 4

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Zafred, Domen ^a   Nandy, Andreas ^b   Pump, Linda ^b   Kahlert, Helga ^b   Keller, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b ALLERGOPHARMA JOACHIM GANZER KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

basophil release assay; bicovalently attached flavin adenine dinucleotide; cross reactive carbohydrate determinant; dehydrogenase; Grass pollen allergy; Phl p 4; recombinant allergen; Sec c 4

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; PHL P 4 ALLERGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; COVALENT BOND; CROSS REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDROGENATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; GLYCOSYLATION; GRASS POLLEN; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84883248903     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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