Autoantibodies against alanyl-tRNA synthetase and tRNAAla coexist and are associated with myositis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 1986, Pages 1281-1291

  Bunn, Christopher C ^a,b   Bernstein, Robert M ^a,c   Mathews, Michael B ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; TRANSFER RNA;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUSCLE; MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBONUCLEIC ACID SYNTHETASE;

ADULT; ALANINE; ALANINE-TRNA LIGASE; AMINO ACYL-TRNA LIGASES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOSITIS; RNA, TRANSFER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022477873     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.163.5.1281     Document Type: Article

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