Reactivity of mouse T-cell hybridomas expressing human Vβ gene segments with staphylococcal and streptococcal superantigens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 987-994

  Fleischer, Bernhard ^a   Necker, Antje ^b   Leget, Corinne ^b   Malissen, Bernard ^c   Romagné, François ^b  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Immunotech   (France)

^c CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYBRIDOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

EID: 0030041092     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.3.987-994.1996     Document Type: Article

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