The staphylococcal and streptococcal pyrogenic toxin family

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 391, Issue , 1996, Pages 131-154

  Bohach, Gregory A ^a   Stauffacher, Cynthia V ^b   Ohlendorf, Douglas H ^c   Chi, Young In ^b   Vath, Gregory M ^c   Schlievert, Patrick M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; EXOTOXIN; PYROGEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LETHALITY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; VOMITING;

EID: 0029933748     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0361-9_8     Document Type: Article

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