Encephalitogenicity of murine, but not bovine, DM20 in SJL mice is due to a single amino acid difference in the immunodominant encephalitogenic epitope

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 541-547

  Greer, Judith M ^a   Klinguer, Christine ^b   Trifilieff, Elisabeth ^b   Sobel, Raymond A ^c   Lees, Marjorie B ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DM20; experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; peptides; proteolipid protein; T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CATTLE; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MURINAE;

EID: 0030897898     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027336516785     Document Type: Article

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