Species-Dependent Post-Translational Modification and Position 2 Allelism: Effects on Streptococcal Superantigen SSA Structure and Vβ Specificity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2479-2487

  Stevens, Kristin Reda ^a,b   Van, Mai ^a   Lamphear, James G ^a,b   Orkiszewski, Ralph S ^a   Ballard, Kevin D ^a   Cook, Richard G ^a   Rich, Robert R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Medical Scientist Training Program

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; EPITOPE; GINGIVAIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ALKYLATION; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; L CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALKYLATION; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; L CELLS (CELL LINE); LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MITOGENS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030587134     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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