Vicilins: A case study in allergen pedigrees

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-27

  Astwood, James D ^a   Silvanovich, Andre ^a   Bannon, Gary A ^a  

^a Product Safety Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Cross reactivity; Epitope

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; GLIADIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN 7S; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEIN; VICILIN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CASHEW NUT; CELL VACUOLE; COTYLEDON; DIGESTION; EDITORIAL; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEGUME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 0036968561     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.125690     Document Type: Editorial

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