SAP-less chromatin triggers systemic lupus erythematosus

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 607-608

  Paul, Elahna ^a,b   Carroll, Michael C ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; DNA; HISTONE; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RNA;

AMYLOIDOSIS; APOPTOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DEATH; CHROMATIN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHAXBETA2; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MICE; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033002195     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/9450     Document Type: Short Survey

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