Anti-gp210 antibodies in sera of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. Identification of a 64 kD fragment of gp210 as a major epitope

Human Antibodies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 167-174

  Węsierska Gądek, Józefa ^a   Hohenauer, Heide ^a   Hitchman, Eva ^a   Penner, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoantigen; Gp210 glycoprotein; Lumenal domain; Nuclear pore complexes; PBC

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PAPAIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SCREENING TEST;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; EPITOPES; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RATS;

EID: 0030429526     PISSN: 10932607     EISSN: 1875869X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/HAB-1996-7404     Document Type: Article

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