The Use of Amino Acid Sequence Alignments to Assess Potential Allergenicity of Proteins Used in Genetically Modified Foods

Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 42, Issue C, 1998, Pages 45-62

  Gendel, Steven M ^a  

^a National Center for Food Safety and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031618972     PISSN: 10434526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-4526(08)60092-3     Document Type: Chapter

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