Complement Activation by a B Cell Superantigen

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1200-1206

  Kozlowski, Lisa M ^a   Soulika, Athena M ^a   Silverman, Gregg J ^b   Lambris, John D ^a   Levinson, Arnold I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; SUPERANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT C3A; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 0030209819     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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