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Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Jan 31;127(3):576–586. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.12.1116

Table 1.

Biochemical Factors Which Promote Allergenicity

Molecular Weight < 70 kD

Glycosylation

Resistance to thermal or chemical denaturation

Abundance in food source

Linear epitopes

Solubility in water