Altered Orientation of Streptococcal Superantigen (SSA) on HLA-DR1 Allows Unconventional Regions to Contribute to SSA Vβ Specificity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4970-4978

  Reda Stevens, Kristin ^a   Van, Mai ^a   Lamphear, James G ^a   Rich, Robert R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN B, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; L CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA PRIMERS; ENTEROTOXINS; HLA-DR1 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; L CELLS (CELL LINE); LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030457271     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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