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Tetraploid and hexaploid wheat varieties reveal large differences in expression of alpha-gliadins from homoeologous Gli-2 loci.
BMC genomics - 26 Jan 2009
Salentijn Elma Mj, Goryunova Svetlana V, Bas Noor, van der Meer Ingrid M, van den Broeck Hetty C, Bastien Thomas, Gilissen Luud J W J, Smulders Marinus J M
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BACKGROUND: Alpha-gliadins form a multigene protein family encoded by multiple alpha-gliadin (Gli-2) genes at three genomic loci, Gli-A2, Gli-B2 and Gli-D2, respectively located on the homoeologous wheat chromosomes 6AS, 6BS, and 6DS. These proteins contain a number of important celiac disease (CD)-immunogenic domains. The alpha-gliadins expressed from the Gli-B2 locus harbour fewer conserved CD-epitopes than...
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