Editing disease-associated autoantibodies

Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-105

  Chen, Ching ^a   Prak, Eline Luning ^a   Weigert, Martin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030997499     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80673-1     Document Type: Article

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