Enlarging the toolbox for allergen epitope definition with an allergen-type model protein.

Birch pollen-allergic subjects produce polyclonal cross-reactive IgE antibodies that mediate pollen-associated food allergies. The major allergen Bet v 1 and its homologs in plant foods bind IgE in their native protein conformation. Information on location, number and clinical relevance of IgE epito...

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Main Authors: Hanna Berkner, Christian Seutter von Loetzen, Maximilian Hartl, Stefanie Randow, Michaela Gubesch, Lothar Vogel, Felix Husslik, Andreas Reuter, Jonas Lidholm, Barbara Ballmer-Weber, Stefan Vieths, Paul Rösch, Dirk Schiller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4214763?pdf=render