Heavy chain dominance in the binding of DNA by a lupus mouse monoclonal autoantibody

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-210

  Jang, Young Ju ^a,b   Lecerf, Jean Michel ^a   Stollar, B David ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

autoantibodies; B DNA; cDNA; DNA; Fv; lupus; MRL lpr; single chain Fv; Z DNA

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETIOLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029868522     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0161-5890(95)00094-1     Document Type: Article

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