How does intramolecular epitope spreading occur in BPAG2 (BP180)

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 924-926

  Hashimoto, Takashi ^a   Hamada, Takahiro ^a   Dainichi, Teruki ^a   Ishii, Norito ^a   Karashima, Tadashi ^a   Nakama, Takekuni ^a   Yasumoto, Shinichiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 17; ENVOPLAKIN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PERIPLAKIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARANEOPLASTIC PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 77949518658     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.14     Document Type: Note

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