Article
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....
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Autoantigens
- Base Sequence
- CHO Cells
- Cricetinae
- DNA, Complementary
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Jurkat Cells
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- RNA-Binding Proteins
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
