Anti-A2/RA33 autoantibodies are directed to the RNA binding region of the A2 protein of the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein complex: Differential epitope recognition in rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and mixed connective tissue disease

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-135

  Skriner, Karl ^a,b   Sommergruber, Wolfgang H ^c   Tremmel, Viktor ^a,b   Fischer, Inge ^b   Barta, Andrea ^a   Smolen, Joseph S ^b,d   Steiner, Günter ^a,b,d,e  

^a Institute of Medical Biochemistry   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Bender   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anti A2 RA33 autoantibody; Epitope recognition; Mixed connective tissue disease; Rheumatoid arthritis; SLE

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; RNA;

ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0030839970     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119504     Document Type: Article

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