The 97-kDa (LABD97) and 120-kDa (LAD-1) Fragments of Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen 180/Type XVII Collagen Have Different N-Termini

Yoshiaki Hirako*, Yuji Nishizawa, Cassian Sitaru, Annika Opitz, Katrin Marcus, Helmut E. Meyer, Elke Butt, Katsushi Owaribe, Detlef Zillikens

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Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Investigative Dermatology
Volume121
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)1554-1556
Number of pages3
ISSN0022-202X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12.2003

Funding

This work was supported by Grant Hi 834/1-1 from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (to Y.H.), Grant 98.073.2 from the Wilhelm Sander-Stiftung, Munich, Germany (to D.Z.), and grants from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan. We thank Dr Arno Kromminga, Hamburg, and Dr Iakov Shimanovich, Würzburg, for helpful discussions.

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