Accessibility of epitopes on the 52-kD Ro/SSA protein (Ro52) and on the RoRNP associated Ro52 protein as determined by anti-peptide antibodies

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-191

  Ricchiuti, Vincent ^a   Pruijn, Ger J M ^b   Thijssen, José P H ^b   Van Venrooij, Walther J ^b   Muller, Sylviane ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

52 kD Ro SSA protein; anti peptide antibodies; autoantibodies; ribonucleoprotein particles; Ro antigen

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; RABBIT ANTISERUM; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0031127249     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaut.1996.0122     Document Type: Article

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