Genetic engineering of plant food with reduced allergenicity

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-71

  Scheurer, Stephan ^a   Sonnewald, Sophia ^b  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food allergen; Review; RNA interrference; RNAi; Short interfering RNA; siRNA

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

FOOD ALLERGY; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALLERGENS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 63849248527     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3231     Document Type: Article

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