High-resolution crystal structure and IgE recognition of the major grass pollen allergen Phl p 3

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1617-1628

  Devanaboyina, S C ^a,d   Cornelius, C ^b   Lupinek, C ^b   Fauland, K ^a   Dall'Antonia, F ^a,e   Nandy, A ^c   Hagen, S ^c   Flicker, S ^b   Valenta, R ^b   Keller, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ALLERGOPHARMA JOACHIM GANZER KG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergen; Conformational IgE epitopes; Grass pollen allergy; Specific immunotherapy; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; BLOCKING ANTIBODY; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; EPITOPE; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PHL P 3; POLLEN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLERGEN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; POACEAE; POLLEN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POACEAE; POLLEN; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84909606270     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12511     Document Type: Article

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