Cross-Linking of MHC Class II Molecules by Staphylococcal Enterotoxin a Is Essential for Antigen-Presenting Cell and T Cell Activation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3958-3966

  Tiedemann, Rodger E ^a   Fraser, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN A, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; ENTEROTOXIN B, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; HISTIDINE; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; SUPERANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BINDING SITES; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTIDINE; HLA-DR1 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC CAPPING; INTERLEUKIN-1; LEUKEMIA, MONOCYTIC, ACUTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030293509     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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