A function for the QKRAA amino acid motif: Mediating binding of DnaJ to DnaK. Implications for the association of rheumatoid arthritis with HLA-DR4

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1818-1822

  Auger, Isabelle ^a   Roudier, Jean ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

DnaJ; DnaK; QKRAA motif; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHAPERONE; DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HLA SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030910370     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119348     Document Type: Article

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