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The fragile-X-related gene FXR1 is a human autoantigen processed during apoptosis.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 3 Jul 1998
Bolívar J, Guelman S, Iglesias C, Ortíz M, Valdivia M M
Abstract excerpt
We describe a new human autoimmune antigen in a patient suffering from scleroderma with high levels of antibodies to nucleolus and cytoplasmic antigens. Using a Chinese hamster ovary cell expression library, we have shown that this antigen corresponds to the autosomal Fragile-X-related gene FXR1. The deduced amino acid sequence from the hamster cDNA is 97, 98, and 58% homologous to the human, mouse, and Xenopus...
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