Identification of an immunodominant epitope on RNA polymerase III recognized by systemic sclerosis sera: Application to enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2742-2747

  Kuwana, Masataka ^a   Kimura, Kyoko ^a   Kawakami, Yutaka ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; ENZYME ANTIBODY; EPITOPE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

AUTOANTIBODIES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE III; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0036822294     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10521     Document Type: Article

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