Mathematical analysis of antigen selection in somatically mutated immunoglobulin genes associated with autoimmunity

Lupus

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1161-1170

  MacDonald, C M ^a   Boursier, L ^b   D'Cruz, D P ^c   Dunn Walters, D K ^b   Spencer, J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

immunoglobulin; selection; systemic lupus erythematosus; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BINDING SITE; BINOMIAL TEST; FOCUSED BINOMIAL TEST; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTINOMIAL TEST; NASAL BIOPSY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; BINDING SITES; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MUTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 77956235788     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203310367657     Document Type: Article

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