The immunodominant epitope of centromere-associated protein A displays homology with the transcription factor forkhead box E3 (FOXE3)

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-73

  Perosa, Federico ^a   Vicenti, Chiara ^a   Racanelli, Vito ^a   Leone, Patrizia ^a   Valentini, Gabriele ^b   Dammacco, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; CENP A; Epitope; FOXE3; Phage display peptide library; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; EPITOPE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXE3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BIOPANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CROSS REACTIONS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PEPTIDES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VACCINATION;

EID: 77956618639     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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