The value of short amino acid sequence matches for prediction of protein allergenicity

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 252-258

  Silvanovich, Andre ^a   Nemeth, Margaret A ^a   Song, Ping ^b   Herman, Rod ^b   Tagliani, Laura ^b   Bannon, Gary A ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergens; Allergy assessment; Bioinformatics; Sequence comparisons

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEIN;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY TEST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CROSS REACTION; FOOD ALLERGY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DATABASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 33144474710     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfj068     Document Type: Article

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