Coordinated and standardized production, purification and characterization of natural and recombinant food allergens to establish a food allergen library

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Hoffmann Sommergruber, Karin ^a   Mills, E N Clare ^b   Vieths, Stefan ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergen library; Component resolved diagnosis; Food allergen; Physicochemical characterization; Recominant protein

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIBRARY; REVIEW;

ALLERGENS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIBRARIES; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 56749158724     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200800466     Document Type: Review

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