Bioinformatic analysis for allergenicity assessment of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins expressed in insect-resistant food crops

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 356-362

  Randhawa, Gurinder Jit ^a   Singh, Monika ^a   Grover, Monendra ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

Allergenicity; Bioinformatics; Cry genes; Insect resistant food crops

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOINFORMATICS; CROP; CROSS REACTION; FOOD CROP; FOOD SAFETY; INDIA; INSECT RESISTANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CROSS REACTIONS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78951493038     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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