"Histidine-tRNA Ligase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				An enzyme that activates histidine with its specific transfer RNA. EC 6.1.1.21.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D006643
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							 D08.811.464.263.200.400 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Histidine-tRNA Ligase- Histidine-tRNA Ligase
 - Histidine tRNA Ligase
 - Ligase, Histidine-tRNA
 - Jo-1 Antigen
 - Antigen, Jo-1
 - Jo 1 Antigen
 - Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase
 - Histidyl tRNA Synthetase
 - Synthetase, Histidyl-tRNA
 - His-tRNA Ligase
 - His tRNA Ligase
 - Ligase, His-tRNA
 - Histidyl T RNA Synthetase
 
  
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Histidine-tRNA Ligase" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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HLA polymorphisms in African Americans with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: allelic profiles distinguish patients with different clinical phenotypes and myositis autoantibodies. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Nov; 54(11):3670-81.
															
								 
							
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Pulmonary fibrosis and myositis in a child with anti-Jo-1 antibody. J Rheumatol. 1995 Apr; 22(4):762-5.
															
								 
							
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Polymyositis. Immunol Ser. 1991; 54:201-46.
															
								 
							
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HLA-D region genes associated with autoantibody responses to histidyl-transfer RNA synthetase (Jo-1) and other translation-related factors in myositis. Arthritis Rheum. 1990 Aug; 33(8):1240-8.
															
								 
							
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Measurement of antibody to Jo-1 by ELISA and comparison to enzyme inhibitory activity. J Immunol. 1987 May 01; 138(9):2874-82.