Biochemical and mutational analysis of the histidine residues of staphylococcal enterotoxin A

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 885-890

  Hoffman, Mark ^a,b   Tremaine, Mary ^a   Mansfield, John ^a   Betley, Marsha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b 304 Fred Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; HISTIDINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAJI CELL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STOMACH LAVAGE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 0030024832     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.3.885-890.1996     Document Type: Article

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