Intracellular localisation of the Ro 52 kD auto-antigen in HeLa cells visualised with green fluorescent protein chimeras

Autoimmunity

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 225-233

  Pourmand, Nader ^a   Blange, Irina ^a   Ringertz, Nils ^a   Pettersson, Ingvar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autoantigen; GFP; Ribonucleoprotein; Ro 52 kD; Ro SSA

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID;

EID: 0032414506     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916939808995370     Document Type: Article

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