Comparison of conventional FASTA identity searches with the 80 amino acid sliding window FASTA search for the elucidation of potential identities to known allergens

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 985-998

  Ladics, Gregory S ^a   Bannon, Gary A ^b   Silvanovich, Andre ^b   Cressman, Robert F ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; FASTA analysis; Novel proteins; Protein allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMINO ACID; AMYLASE; ARA H 1 PROTEIN, ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FRUIT; IMMUNOLOGY; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED NATIONS; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALLERGENS; ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; FRUIT; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; UNITED NATIONS; VEGETABLES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZEA MAYS;

ARA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548088191     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200600231     Document Type: Article

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