Fine epitope mapping of the human SS-B/La protein: Identification of a distinct autoepitope homologous to a viral gag polyprotein

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 1566-1574

  Kohsaka, Hitoshi ^a,b   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Fujii, Hideta ^a   Miura, Hitoshi ^a   Miyasaka, Nobuyuki ^b   Nishioka, Kusuki ^c   Miyamoto, Terumasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti SS B La antibody; Autoantibody; Autoantigen; Molecular mimicry; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; EPITOPES; GENE LIBRARY; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025290820     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI114606     Document Type: Article

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