Epitope mapping of a recombinant human TSH receptor extracellular domain: Identification of a predominant epitope using animal sera

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 193-204

  Hunt, Nicholas ^a   Willey, Kevan P ^a   Abend, Nicole ^a   Northemann, Wolfgang ^b   Leidenberger, Freimut A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Molecular Biology   (Germany)

Author keywords

antibodies; Graves' disease; recombinant protein; TSH receptor

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EPITOPE MAPPING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAVES DISEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; TARGET CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 0029900952     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1996)10:4<193::AID-JCLA4>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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