Structural and Functional Characterization of the Hazelnut Allergen Cor a 8

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 41, 2015, Pages 9150-9158

  Offermann, Lesa R ^a,d   Bublin, Merima ^b   Perdue, Makenzie L ^a   Pfeifer, Sabine ^b   Dubiela, Pawel ^b   Borowski, Tomasz ^c   Chruszcz, Maksymilian ^a   Hoffmann Sommergruber, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^d DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

allergen; food allergy; hazelnut; nonspecific lipid transfer protein; protein crystallization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGENS; COVALENT BONDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EPITOPES; FRUITS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; FOOD ALLERGIES; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; HAZELNUT; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION; THERMAL DENATURATIONS;

PROTEINS;

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; PLANT ANTIGEN; PLANT PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; CROSS REACTION; HAZELNUT; IMMUNOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CORYLUS; CROSS REACTIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EPITOPES; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84945312371     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b03534     Document Type: Article

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