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Quantification of Peach Fruit Allergen Lipid Transfer Protein by a Double Monoclonal Antibody-based Sandwich ELISA
Fruit is one of the most commonly reported food allergy sources in China, and peach lipid transfer protein (Pru p 3) has been identified as the major allergen inducing systematic symptoms. Crude allergen extra...
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Identification of volatile and softening-related genes using digital gene expression profiles in melting peach
To reveal the comprehensive mechanism which is associated with the biosynthesis of volatile compounds and the accompanying texture change, RNA-seq was employed to survey the differentially expressed genes (DEG...
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Open AccessGenetic diversity of male and female Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra) populations and identification of sex-associated markers
Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra Sieb. & Zucc.) is an important subtropical evergreen fruit tree in southern China. Generally dioecious, the female plants are cultivated for fruit and have been studied extensively,...
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Development of 107 SSR markers from whole genome shotgun sequences of Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra) and their application in seedling identification
Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra Sieb. et Zucc.) is one of the important subtropical fruit crops native to the South of China and Asian countries. In this study, 107 novel simple sequence repeat (SSR) molecular mar...
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The PpLTP1 Primary Allergen Gene is Highly Conserved in Peach and Has Small Variations in Other Prunus Species
Peach lipid transfer protein (LTP1), Pru p 3.01, is a major allergen causing severe systemic reactions in peach allergic patients in Mediterranean countries and China. Significant expression variability has be...
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Open AccessPeach genetic resources: diversity, population structure and linkage disequilibrium
Peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) is one of the most important model fruits in the Rosaceae family. Native to the west of China, where peach has been domesticated for more than 4,000 years, its cultivation sprea...
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Anaphylaxis and generalized urticaria from eating Chinese bayberry fruit
Chinese bayberry Myrica rubra is a very popular fruit in southeastern China. In spite of its wide consumption, no allergies to this fruit have been reported previously. Here we report on a 40-year-old woman suffe...
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Open AccessDevelopment of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from a genome survey of Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra)
Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra Sieb. and Zucc.) is a subtropical evergreen tree originating in China. It has been cultivated in southern China for several thousand years, and annual production has reached 1.1 mil...
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Allergen Protein Families and Cross-Reactivity
Allergies are defined as an excessive reaction of the immune system to normally harmless proteins. What makes a protein an allergen, and why are some individuals affected but not others? This review deals with...
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Overview of Allergen Sources in China
China is a large country both in area and population size, with diverse landscapes, climates and environments, and its domestic economy, international trade and tourism is rapidly growing. Under such condition...
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Recombinant Allergens and Applications
Recombinant DNA technology has great potential in various aspects of allergen-related research and clinical applications. Sufficient amounts of purified wild-type or immunologically modified allergens or fragm...
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Multidisciplinary Approaches to Allergy Prevention
Allergies are a complex medical and societal phenomenon. Its prevention requires well-elaborated actions. The classical avoidance rule is: no allergen, no allergy. However, with the high number of allergenic s...
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Fruit Allergy and Genetic and Genomic Tools to Select Hypoallergenic Fruit Cultivars
Fruit allergy has become a health problem with regard to food safety and quality of life. Breeding and selection of hypoallergenic fruit cultivars is an efficient way to counteract allergy. This chapter review...
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Cultivar Identification and Genetic Diversity of Chinese Bayberry (Myrica rubra) Accessions Based on Fluorescent SSR Markers
A collection of 122 Chinese bayberry accessions and one wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera L.) were analyzed with 14 polymorphic simple sequence repeats (SSRs). The average number of alleles per locus was 9.3, and polym...
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Genetic Diversity and Identity of Chinese Loquat Cultivars/Accessions (Eriobotrya japonica) Using Apple SSR Markers
Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) is an underutilized fruit crop that originated in China and for which only a small number of molecular markers are available. This number can be increased by identifying apple SSRs th...
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Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra Sieb. & Zucc.)
Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra Sieb. & Zucc.) is one of the most important fruit tree crops in southern China. This paper reports the development of microsatellite primers for Chinese bayberry. By screening the e...
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Development of SNP markers and haplotype analysis of the candidate gene for rhg1, which confers resistance to soybean cyst nematode in soybean
Soybean cyst nematode (SCN; Heterodera glycines Ichinohe) is one of the most destructive pests in the cultivation of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) worldwide. Markers based on the SCN resistance gene will enabl...
