Cloning and sequencing of a gene encoding a 2S albumin seed storage protein precursor from English walnut (Juglans regia), a major food allergen

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 6 II, 1998, Pages 807-814

  Teuber, Suzanne S ^a,b   Dandekar, Abhaya M ^c   Peterson, W Richard ^a   Sellers, Claudia L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2S albumin seed storage protein; Food allergy; Nut allergy; Walnut

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LEGUME; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY;

BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; JUGLANS REGIA;

EID: 0031846740     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(98)70308-2     Document Type: Article

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