The superantigen streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin C (SPE-C) exhibits a novel mode of action

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 375-383

  Li, Pei Lin ^a   Tiedemann, Rodger E ^a   Moffat, S Louise ^a   Fraser, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; EXOTOXINS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PYROGENS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPERANTIGENS; ZINC;

EID: 0030761504     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.3.375     Document Type: Article

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