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Chapter 9. Plant Seed Globulin Allergens

  1. E.N. Clare Mills1,
  2. Peter R. Shewry2
  1. E. N. Clare Mills,
  2. John A. Jenkins,
  3. Gary A. Bannon

Published Online: 16 NOV 2007

DOI: 10.1002/9780470995174.ch9

Book Title

Plant Food Allergens

Plant Food Allergens

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How to Cite

Mills, E. N. C., Jenkins, J. A. and Bannon, G. A. (2007) Plant Seed Globulin Allergens, in Plant Food Allergens (eds E.N. C. Mills and P. R. Shewry), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470995174.ch9

Editor Information

  1. 1

    Institute of Food Research Norwich, UK

  2. 2

    Rothamsted Research Harpenden, UK

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 16 NOV 2007
  2. Published Print: 10 DEC 2003

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780632059829

Online ISBN: 9780470995174

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Keywords:

  • globulins;
  • plant proteins;
  • glycosylation;
  • proteolytic processing;
  • seed globulin allergens

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Globulins – two domain members of the cupin superfamily

  • Post-translational modification

  • Seed globulin allergens

  • Effect of thermal processing on allergenic globulins

  • Effect of digestion on allergenic globulins

  • Role of globulin structure and properties in allergenicity

  • Role of peanut allergen structure in defining IgE-binding epitopes

  • Conclusions

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