Identification of an α-helical epitope region on the PM/ScI-100 autoantigen with structural homology to a region on the heterochromatin p25β autoantigen using immobilized overlapping synthetic peptides

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-54

  Blüthner, Martin ^a   Mahler, Michael ^a   Müller, Dagmar B ^a   Dünzl, Heike ^a   Bautz, Friedlinde A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantigen; Epitope mapping; Heterochromatin protein p25 ; Polymyositis scleroderma overlap syndrome; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; POLYMYOSITIS; SCLERODERMA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANTIGENS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; EPITOPE MAPPING; EXORIBONUCLEASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034028519     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050381     Document Type: Article

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