The U1 snRNP complex: An autoantigen in connective tissue diseases. An update

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 549-560

  Klein Gunnewiek, J M T ^a   Van De Putte, L B A ^a   Van Venrooij, W J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoantigens; U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; EPITOPE; FAS ANTIGEN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; HUMAN; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SPLICEOSOME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; HUMANS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR;

EID: 0041149827     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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