Molecular cloning of tropomyosins identified as allergens in six species of crustaceans

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 985-991

  Motoyama, Kanna ^a   Suma, Yota ^a   Ishizaki, Shoichiro ^a   Nagashima, Yuji ^a   Shiomi, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergen; cDNA cloning; Crab; Cross reactivity; Crustacean; Prawn; Shrimp; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; CHACEON AFFINIS; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LOBSTER; MARSUPENAEUS JAPONICUS; PENAEUS MONODON;

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TROPOMYOSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CRUSTACEA; FOOD ALLERGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRUSTACEA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 34247846325     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf062798x     Document Type: Article

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