Autoantibodies in sera of patients with myocarditis: Characterization of the corresponding proteins by isoelectric focusing and N-terminal sequence analysis

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-84

  Pankuweit, Sabine ^b   Portig, Irene ^c   Lottspeich, Friedrich ^a   Maisch, Bernhard ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antimyolemmal antibodies; Autoreactive myocarditis; Creatine kinase; Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase; Immunoblot analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CREATINE KINASE; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; EPITOPE; HEART ANTIBODY; HEART ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE ENZYME;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYOCARDITIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0030888807     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1996.0253     Document Type: Article

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