Induction of autoimmunity by multivalent immunodominant and subdominant T cell determinants of La (SS-B)

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3079-3087

  Farris, A Darise ^a   Brown, Lorena ^a   Reynolds, Pakathip ^b   Harley, John B ^c   James, Judith A ^c   Scofield, R Hal ^c   McCluskey, James ^a   Gordon, Tom P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; EPITOPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033104769     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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