A conformation-dependent epitope in Addison's disease and other endocrinological autoimmune diseases maps to a carboxyl-terminal functional domain of human steroid 21-hydroxylase

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2422-2426

  Nikoshkov, Andrej ^a,d   Falorni, Alberto ^b   Lajic, Svetlana ^a   Laureti, Stefano ^b   Wedell, Anna ^a   Lernmark, Åke ^c   Luthman, Holger ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; MUTANT PROTEIN; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADDISON DISEASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BINDING COMPETITION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033558097     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.4.2422     Document Type: Article

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