Immunogenicity of Torpedo acetylcholine receptor in the context of different rat MHC class II haplotypes and non-MHC genomes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-64

  Gaertner, Susanne ^a   De Graaf, Katrien L ^a   Olsson, Tomas ^b   Weissert, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antigens; Autoimmunity; Epitopes; MHC; Rodent

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BETA CHAIN; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TORPEDO; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

DISCOPYGE OMMATA; RODENTIA; TORPEDO; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

EID: 2442562438     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-004-0656-3     Document Type: Article

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