Characterisation of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody target antigens using electrophoresis and Western blotting techniques

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 247-252

  Forde, Anne M ^a   Feighery, Conleth ^a   Jackson, John ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antibodies, antineutrophil cytoplasmic; Electrophoresis, polyacrylamide gel; Isoelectric focusing; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CELL EXTRACT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ENZYME ANTIBODY; MYELOBLASTIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NEUTROPHIL; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SERUM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING;

EID: 0032449753     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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