Kiwellin, a modular protein from green and gold kiwi fruits: Evidence of in vivo and in vitro processing and IgE binding

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3812-3817

  Tuppo, Lisa ^a   Giangrieco, Ivana ^a   Palazzo, Paola ^b   Bernardi, Maria Livia ^b   Scala, Enrico ^b   Carratore, Vito ^a   Tamburrini, Maurizio ^a   Mari, Adriano ^b   Ciardiello, M Antonietta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergen; KITH; Kiwellin; Kiwi fruit; Protein processing

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KIWELLIN PROTEIN, ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; PLANT ANTIGEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIWIFRUIT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACTINIDIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PLANT; FRUIT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; CHRYSOGONUM VIRGINIANUM;

EID: 45549101359     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf703620m     Document Type: Article

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