Crystal structure of a biologically inactive mutant of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 at 2.5 Å resolution

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1737-1741

  Papageorgiou, Anastassios C ^a   Quinn, Conrad P ^b   Beer, David ^b   Brehm, Rossalyn D ^b   Tranter, Howard S ^b   Bonventre, Peter F ^c   Acharya, K Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Staphylococcus aureus; superantigen; T cell receptor; toxic shock syndrome toxin 1; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030037086     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050826     Document Type: Article

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