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    Detection of a novel allergen in raw tomato.

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    Ambulatorio di Allergologia, Clinica San Carlo, Paderno Dugnano (MI), Italy. r.asero@libero.it

    Abstract

    The study reports a case of "pure" tomato allergy in an adult female. The responsible allergen was partially characterized by immunoblot analysis, pepsin digestion, and heating. It had a molecular weight of about 9 kDa and was heat-labile and pepsin-resistant, thus confirming the clinical history. Unfortunately, due to the failure of both 2-dimensional electrophoresis analysis and N-terminal sequencing experiments, it was not possible to characterize the protein further. Based on a comparison with currently known tomato allergens, this seems to be a novel allergen protein.

    PMID:
    18973105
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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