The conformation of the main immunogenic region on the α-subunit of muscle acetylcholine receptor is affected by neighboring receptor subunits

FEBS Letters

Volumn 481, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-130

  Fostieri, Efrosini ^a   Beeson, David ^b   Tzartos, Socrates J ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Epitope conformation; Main immunogenic region; Monoclonal antibody

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL LINE; DIMERIZATION; EPITOPES; FETUS; MICE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034666077     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01980-3     Document Type: Article

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