Human anti-Ro autoantibodies bind multiple conformational epitopes of 60-kD Ro autoantigen

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 212-219

  Huang, Shu Cai ^a,b   Scofield, R Hal ^a,c   Kurien, Biji T ^a   Harley, John B ^a,c  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antinuclear antibodies; autoantibodies; autoantigens; Systematic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB')2 FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; AUTOANTIGENS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, SMALL CYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 0031004323     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027354327344     Document Type: Article

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