Immunoglobulin variable genes and epitope recognition of human monoclonal anti-Ro 52-kd in primary Sjogren's syndrome

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2471-2481

  Elagib, Kamal E E ^a,b,e   Tengnér, Pia ^c   Levi, Michael ^c   Jonsson, Roland ^d   Thompson, Keith M ^a   Natvig, Jacob B ^a   Wahren Herlenius, Marie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e Institute of Immunology   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPITOPE MAPPING; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, SMALL CYTOPLASMIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0033499036     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199911)42:11<2471::AID-ANR26>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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