Expression of ocular autoantigens in the mouse thymus

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 788-792

  Charukamnoetkanok, Puwat ^a,b   Fukushima, Atsuki ^a   Whitcup, Scott M ^a   Gery, Igal ^a   Egwuagu, Charles E ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunotolerance; Mouse; Ocular specific autoantigens; RT PCR; Thymic expression of antigens

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIGEN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; LENS PROTEIN; OPSIN; RECOVERIN; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ARRESTIN; AUTOANTIGENS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CRYSTALLINS; DNA PRIMERS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCALCIN; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIPOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPSIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOVERIN; RETINA; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031812475     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.8.788.5153     Document Type: Article

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