A structural and functional comparison of staphylococcal enterotoxins A and C2 reveals remarkable similarity and dissimilarity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 270-280

  Schad, Elinor M ^a   Papageorgiou, Anastassios C ^b   Svensson, L Anders ^a   Acharya, K Ravi ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MHC class II; Staphylococcal enterotoxins; Superantigen; T cell receptor; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031556023     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1023     Document Type: Article

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