Diversity of the B cell repertoire to myelin basic protein in rat strains susceptible and resistant to EAE

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-25

  Figueiredo, Ana Claudia ^a   Cohen, Irun R ^a   Mor, Felix ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibody repertoire; Encephalomyelitis; Myelin basic protein; Rat

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; GUINEA PIG; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033081912     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaut.1998.0251     Document Type: Article

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