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What does gliadin mean?

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Noun
  1. A minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people.
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The gluten of wheat, when purified from gliadin, presents all the characteristics of pure fibrin.
The EliA Gliadin DP tests use the relevant synthetic deamidated gliadin peptides which gives them an excellent specificity.
In celiac disease, for example, the levels of specific IgA antibodies to gliadin are important for diagnosis.
He said a blood test showed gliadin antibodies, and he started avoiding gluten.
The prolamin from wheat is gliadin, from rye is secalin, from barley hordein and from oats avenin.
Resilin is a member of a family of elastic proteins that includes elastin, as well as gluten, gliadin, abductin and spider silks.

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