The Autoimmunity-Inducing Xenobiotic Mercury Interacts with the Autoantigen Fibrillarin and Modifies Its Molecular and Antigenic Properties

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3521-3528

  Pollard, K Michael ^a   Lee, Deborah K ^a   Casiano, Carlos A ^a   Blüthner, Martin ^a,b   Johnston, Melissa M ^a   Tan, Eng M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; EPITOPE; FIBRILLARIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; HUMANS; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0031110061     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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