Presence of potential allergy-related linear epitopes in novel proteins from conventional crops and the implication for the safety assessment of these crops with respect to the current testing of genetically modified crops

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 371-380

  Kleter, Gijs A ^a   Peijnenburg, Ad A C M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

allergy; cytoplasmic male sterility; double stranded RNA; food crops; genetic modification; novel proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444295546     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-7652.2003.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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