Food Allergens Biochemistry and Molecular Nutrition

A food allergen has the ability to first elicit an IgE response, and then, on subsequent exposures, a clinical response to the same or similar protein. How harmless food protein becomes recognized by the mucosal immune system as an allergen remains an ope

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Series Editor Michael P. Doyle, Georgia, USA Editorial Board Francis F. Busta, Director, National Center for Food Protection and Defense, ­University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA Bruce R. Cords, Vice President, Environment, Food Safety & Public Health, ­Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, MN, USA Catherine W. Donnelly, Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, University of ­Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA Paul A. Hall, President, AIV Microbiology and Food Safety Consultants, LLC, Hawthorn Woods, IL, USA Ailsa D. Hocking, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO—Food Science Australia, North Ryde, Australia Thomas J. Montville, Professor of Food Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA R. Bruce Tompkin, Formerly Vice President-Product Safety, ConAgra Refrigerated Prepared Foods, Downers Grove, IL, USA

Food Microbiology and Food Safety publishes valuable, practical, and timely ­resources for professionals and researchers working on microbiological topics ­associated with foods as well as food safety issues and problems. The series is co-published with the IAFP. The International Association for Food Protection is a non-profit association of food safety professionals. Dedicated to the life-long educational needs of its Members, IAFP provides Members with an information network through its two scientific journals (Food Protection Trends and Journal of Food Protection), its educational Annual Meeting, international meetings and symposia along with international interaction between food safety ­professionals. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/7131

Tanja Ćirković Veličković Marija Gavrović-Jankulović

Food Allergens Biochemistry and Molecular Nutrition

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Tanja Ćirković Veličković Department of Biochemistry Faculty of Chemistry University of Belgrade Belgrade Serbia

Marija Gavrović-Jankulović Department of Biochemistry Faculty of Chemistry University of Belgrade Belgrade Serbia

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