Autoimmunogenicity of the helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1467-1480

  Petrakova, Natalia ^a   Gudmundsdotter, Lindvi ^b   Yermalovich, Maryna ^b,c   Belikov, Sergey ^a,d   Eriksson, Lars ^b   Pyakurel, Pawan ^d   Johansson, Olle ^d   Biberfeld, Peter ^d   Andersson, Sören ^b   Isaguliants, Maria ^a,b  

^a D I IVANOVSKY INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c Ministry of Health Republic of Belarus   (Belarus)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti DNA autoantibody; DNA binding domain; Heterochromatin; Histones; Nephropathy; Proteinuria; Reverse transcriptase; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HISTONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; INFECTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; IMMUNIZATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RATS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MUS;

EID: 62549143066     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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