The sequence of the Mycoplasma arthritidis superantigen, MAM: Identification of functional domains and comparison with microbial superantigens and plant lectin mitogens

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1105-1110

  Cole, Barry C ^a   Knudtson, Kevin L ^a   Oliphant, Arnold ^a,b   Sawitzke, Allen D ^a   Pole, Ann ^a   Manohar, Muniraj ^a,c   Benson, L Scott ^a   Ahmed, Elsayed ^a   Atkin, Curtis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Myriad Genetic Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PLANT LECTIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MYCOPLASMA ARTHRITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONCANAVALIN A; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; LECTINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0029991018     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.3.1105     Document Type: Article

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