Human autoantibodies reveal titin as a chromosomal protein

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 321-333

  Machado, Cristina ^a,b   Sunkel, Claudio E ^b,c   Andrew, Deborah J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; CONNECTIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

SCLERODERMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032550178     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.2.321     Document Type: Article

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