Antinuclear autoantibodies: Fluorescent highlights on structure and function in the nucleus

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-27

  Hemmerich, Peter ^a   Von Mikecz, Anna ^b  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Med Inst of Environmental Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoantigen; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence; Nuclear structure; Systemic autoimmune diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; HISTONE; NUCLEAR RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTROMERE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPLICEOSOME;

EID: 0033803014     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024420     Document Type: Review

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