Trypanosoma cruzi and human ubiquitin are immunologically distinct proteins despite only three amino acid difference in their primary sequence

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-130

  Télles, Senobia ^a   Abate, Teresa ^b   Slezynger, Thelma C ^a   Henríquez, Diana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Antigen; Autoimmunity; Trypanosoma cruzi; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0345711726     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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