Recombinant desmoglein 3 has the necessary epitopes to adsorb and induce blister-causing antibodies

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 261-268

  Memar, Omeed M ^a   Rajaraman, Srinivasan ^a   Thotakura, Rao ^b   Tyring, Stephen K ^a   Fan, Ji Lao ^a   Seetharamaiah, Gattadahalli S ^a   Lopez, Angel ^a   Jordon, Robert E ^c   Prabhakar, Bellur S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acantholysis; Autoimmunity; Bculovirus; Pemphigus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN; EPITOPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029927986     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12340663     Document Type: Article

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