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Alpha-gliadin genes from the A, B, and D genomes of wheat contain different sets of celiac disease epitopes
10 Jan 2006
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BACKGROUND: Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is an important staple food. However, wheat gluten proteins cause celiac disease (CD) in 0.5 to 1% of the general population. Among these proteins, the alpha-gliadins contain several peptides that are associated to the disease. RESULTS: We obtained 230 distinct alpha-gliadin gene sequences from severaldiploid wheat species representing the ancestral A, B, and D genomes...
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