Molecular mimicry: A critical look at exemplary instances in human diseases

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 542-551

  Rose, N R ^a   Mackay, I R ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Autoimmunity; Lyme disease; Molecular mimicry; Multiple sclerosis; Myocarditis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CAPSID PROTEIN; DNA; EPITOPE; INSULIN; LAMININ; MYOSIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0034103383     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000716     Document Type: Review

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