Bioinformatics and the allergy assessment of agricultural biotechnology products: Industry practices and recommendations

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-53

  Ladics, Gregory S ^a   Cressman, Robert F ^a   Herouet Guicheney, Corinne ^b   Herman, Rod A ^c   Privalle, Laura ^d   Song, Ping ^c   Ward, Jason M ^e   McClain, Scott ^f  

^a PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^d BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

^e MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^f SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural biotechnology; Bioinformatics; Genetically modified crops; In silico; Regulatory recommendations

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATABASE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DIETARY PROTEINS; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; INDUSTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 79955981292     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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