Article
B cell epitope on the U1 snRNP-C autoantigen contains a sequence similar to that of the herpes simplex virus protein.
European journal of immunology - 1 May 1993
Misaki Y, Yamamoto K, Yanagi K, Miura H, Ichijo H, Kato T, Mato T, Welling-Wester S, Nishioka K, Ito K
Abstract excerpt
The mechanism of autoantibody production in autoimmune diseases is not well understood. In the present study we performed the B cell epitope mapping of the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP)-C, one of the target molecules of anti-nRNP autoantibody to investigate how B cells respond to the autoantigen. After cloning and expression of a full length complementary DNA (cDNA) encoding the U1-C protein, several...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Autoantigens
- B-Lymphocytes
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cross Reactions
- Epitopes
- Humans
- Immediate-Early Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Ribonucleoprotein, U1 Small Nuclear
