97 kDa linear IgA bullous dermatosis antigen localizes in the lamina lucida between the NC16A and carboxyl terminal domains of the 180 kDa bullous pemphigoid antigen

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-96

  Ishiko, Akira ^a,b   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^b   Masunaga, Takuji ^b   Yancey, Kim B ^c   Giudice, George J ^d   Zone, John J ^e,f   Nishikawa, Takeji ^b  

^a NIPPON KOKAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane zone; Cryoultramicrotomy; Hemidesmosome; Immunoelectron microscopy

Indexed keywords

97 LAD PROTEIN; AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PEMPHIGUS ANTIBODY; PEMPHIGUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ULTRAMICROTOMY;

EID: 0031803431     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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