Experimental expression in mice and spontaneous expression in human SLE of polyomavirus T-antigen: A molecular basis for induction of antibodies to DNA and eukaryotic transcription factors

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2045-2054

  Rekvig, Ole Petter ^a   Moens, Ugo ^b   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^b   Bredholt, Geir ^a   Osei, Awuku ^b   Haaheim, Håkon ^b   Traavik, Terje ^b   Arnesen, Egil ^c   Haga, Hans Jacob ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Institute of Medical Biology

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

antiDNA; non coding control region; polyomavirus; SLE; T antigen

Indexed keywords

VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 0030951002     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119373     Document Type: Article

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