HuR, a novel target of anti-Hu antibodies, is expressed in non-neural tissues

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 152-159

  Nabors, L Burt ^a   Furneaux, Henry M ^b   King, Peter H ^a  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Paraneoplastic disease; RNA binding proteins

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032415887     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(98)00196-9     Document Type: Article

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