In silico analyses of structural and allergenicity features of sapodilla (Manilkara zapota) acidic thaumatin-like protein in comparison with allergenic plant TLPs

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-128

  Ashok Kumar, Hassan G ^a   Venkatesh, Yeldur P ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

B cell epitope prediction; IgE epitope prediction; Order Ericales; Sapodilla acidic TLP; Thaumatin like protein; TLP structural features

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; THAUMATIN LIKE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; ALLERGENICITY; ALMOND; APPLE; ARTICLE; BANANA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS ARIZONICA; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; FOOD ALLERGY; JAPANESE CEDAR; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; OLIVE TREE; PEACH; PLANT; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SAPODILLA; SWEET CHERRY; SWEET PEPPER; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

B-CELL EPITOPE PREDICTION; IGE EPITOPE PREDICTION; ORDER ERICALES; SAPODILLA ACIDIC TLP; THAUMATIN-LIKE PROTEIN; TLP STRUCTURAL FEATURES;

ACTINIDIA; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAPSICUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MANILKARA; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSA; OLEA; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84884922978     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: 18729142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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