In vitro RNA selection of an autoimmune epitope on stem-loop II of U1 RNA

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-70

  St Clair, E William ^a   Burch Jr , James A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; LIGAND; RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0029996338     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1996.0051     Document Type: Article

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