Anti-Ro fine specificity defined by multiple antigenic peptides identifies components of tertiary epitopes

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 480-487

  Scofield, R H ^a,b,c,d   Zhang, F C ^a   Kurien, B T ^a   Harley, J B ^a,b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoantigen; Peptides epitopes; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; EPITOPE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0030881220     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.4791374.x     Document Type: Article

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