Gram-Negative Bacteria Possess Sequences Which Resemble the ‘Shared Epitope’ but Only Proteus Infect Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Alan Ebringer

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Gram-Negative Bacteria Possess Sequences Which Resemble the ‘Shared Epitope’ but Only Proteus Infect Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Ebringer A

Springer London, (2011), 137-143

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-85729-950-5_14

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The ‘shared epitope’ EQRRAA has been found to resemble or show ‘molecular mimicry’ with the sequence ESRRAL spanning residues 32–37 of the surface membrane haemolysin of Proteus mirabilis (Hpm B polypeptide). The same hexamer sequence...

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Ebringer, A. (2011). Gram-Negative Bacteria Possess Sequences Which Resemble the ‘Shared Epitope’ but Only Proteus Infect Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. In Rheumatoid Arthritis and Proteus (pp. 137–143). Springer London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-950-5_14

Gram-Negative Bacteria Possess Sequences Which Resemble the ‘Shared Epitope’ but Only Proteus Infect Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

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