Intracellular protein modification associated with altered T cell functions in autoimmunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 177, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 4541-4549

  Yang, Mei Ling ^a   Doyle, Hester A ^a   Gee, Renelle J ^a   Lowenson, Jonathan D ^b   Clarke, Steven ^b   Lawson, Brian R ^c   Aswad, Dana W ^d   Mamula, Mark J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Diazyme Laboratories   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; ISOASPARTATE O METHYLTRANSFERASE; ISOASPARTIC ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STABILITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; T LYMPHOCYTE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33749143447     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.7.4541     Document Type: Article

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