Homologies between T cell receptor junctional sequences unique to multiple sclerosis and T cells mediating experimental allergic encephalomyelitis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 105-109

  Allegretta, Mark ^a   Albertini, Richard J ^b   Howell, Mark D ^c,e   Smith, Lawrence R ^c   Martin, Roland ^d,f   McFarland, Henry F ^d   Sriram, Subramamiam ^b,g   Brostoff, Steven ^c,h,i,j   Steinman, Lawrence ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c Orchestra Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase; in vivo; mutation; myelin basic protein; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CLONING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0028242718     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI117295     Document Type: Article

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