Dominant T- and B-cell epitopes in an autoantigen linked to Chagas' disease

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 985-993

  Girones N ^a   Rodriguez C I ^a   Carrasco Marin E ^a   Hernaez R F ^a   Lopez de Rego J ^a   Fresno, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CHA ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0035045271     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI10734     Document Type: Article

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