Delineation of two encephalitogenic myelin basic protein epitopes for DA rats

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 43-48

  Smeltz, Ronald B ^a   Wolf, Norbert A ^a   Swanborg, Robert H ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DA rats; Encephalitogenic epitopes; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Myelin basic protein

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0032127098     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(98)00050-2     Document Type: Article

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