Dual Function of Novel Pollen Coat (Surface) Proteins: IgE-binding Capacity and Proteolytic Activity Disrupting the Airway Epithelial Barrier

Mohamed Elfatih H. Bashir; Jason M. Ward; Matthew Cummings; Eltayeb E. Karrar; Michael Root; Abu Bekr A. Mohamed; Robert M. Naclerio; Daphne Preuss

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053337

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Dual Function of Novel Pollen Coat (Surface) Proteins: IgE-binding Capacity and Proteolytic Activity Disrupting the Airway Epithelial Barrier

Mohamed Elfatih H. Bashir ,

* E-mail: mbashir@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliations Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Division of the Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Jason M. Ward,

Affiliations Division of the Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Matthew Cummings,

Affiliation Division of the Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Eltayeb E. Karrar,

Affiliation Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Michael Root,

Affiliation Division of the Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Abu Bekr A. Mohamed,

Affiliation Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Robert M. Naclerio,

Affiliation Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Daphne Preuss

Affiliations Division of the Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Chromatin, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Dual Function of Novel Pollen Coat (Surface) Proteins: IgE-binding Capacity and Proteolytic Activity Disrupting the Airway Epithelial Barrier

Mohamed Elfatih H. Bashir,
Jason M. Ward,
Matthew Cummings,
Eltayeb E. Karrar,
Michael Root,
Abu Bekr A. Mohamed,
Robert M. Naclerio,
Daphne Preuss

Published: January 7, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053337

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