Mapping IgE binding epitopes of major shrimp (Penaeus monodon) allergen with immunoinformatics tools

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2954-2960

  Zheng, Li Na ^a   Lin, Hong ^a   Pawar, Ravindra ^a   Li, Zhen Xing ^a   Li, Ming Hua ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Qingdao Allergy Prevention and Diagnosis Centre   (China)

Author keywords

Allergen; Epitope; Immunoinformatics prediction; Shrimp; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOINFORMATICS; INHIBITION KINETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SHRIMP ALLERGY; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPITOPES; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PENAEIDAE; TROPOMYOSIN;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PENAEUS MONODON;

EID: 81155161966     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.07.043     Document Type: Article

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