Antibodies against a peptide sequence located in the linker region of the HMG-1/2 box domains in sera from patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1803-1809

  Jung, Frank ^a   Neuer, Gunter ^a   Bautz, Friedlinde A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 0030800639     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780401012     Document Type: Article

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