Superantigenicity of helper T-cell mitogen (SPM-2) isolated from culture supernatants of Streptococcus pyogenes

Immunology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 406-413

  Rikiishi, H ^a   Okamoto, S ^a   Sugawara, S ^a   Tamura, K ^b   Liu, Z X ^a   Kumagai, K ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saikin Kagaku Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c T CELL Research Institute Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; HLA ANTIBODY; MITOGENIC AGENT; SUPERANTIGEN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030788977     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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