The 97-kDa (LABD97) and 120-kDa (LAD-1) Fragments of Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen 180/Type XVII Collagen Have Different N-Termini

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1554-1556

  Hirako, Yoshiaki ^a   Nishizawa, Yuji ^b   Sitaru, Cassian ^a   Opitz, Annika ^a   Marcus, Katrin ^c   Meyer, Helmut E ^c   Butt, Elke ^a   Owaribe, Katsushi ^d   Zillikens, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 180; COLLAGEN TYPE 17; DISINTEGRIN; EPITOPE; HYDROXAMIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PYROXYLIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BLISTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345732755     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12607.x     Document Type: Letter

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