A role for collagen IV cross-links in conferring immune privilege to the Goodpasture autoantigen: structural basis for the crypticity of B cell epitopes.

Vanacore RM, Ham AJ, Cartailler JP, Sundaramoorthy M, Todd P, Pedchenko V, Sado Y, Borza DB, Hudson BG. A role for collagen IV cross-links in conferring immune privilege to the Goodpasture autoantigen: structural basis for the crypticity of B cell epitopes. J Biol Chem. 2008 Aug 15; 283(33):22737-48.

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subject areas

Amino Acid Sequence
Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
Autoantigens
Collagen Type IV
Conserved Sequence
Cross-Linking Reagents
Dimerization
Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Protein Structure, Quaternary

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Dorin-Bogdan Borza

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