Comparative assessment of multiple criteria for the in silico prediction of cross-reactivity of proteins to known allergens

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 232-239

  Mirsky, Henry P ^a   Cressman, Robert F ^a   Ladics, Gregory S ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergenic cross reactivity; Assessment criteria; Bioinformatics; False negatives; False positives; In silico; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS REACTION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

VIRIDIPLANTAE;

ALLERGENIC CROSS-REACTIVITY; ASSESSMENT CRITERIA; BIOINFORMATICS; FALSE NEGATIVES; FALSE POSITIVES; IN SILICO; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PLANT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS REACTIONS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOFTWARE; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 84886582371     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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