Superantigens as immunomodulators: Recent structural insights

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 991-996

  Papageorgiou, Anatassios C ^a   Acharya, K Ravi ^a  

^a University of Bath ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031571633     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00252-9     Document Type: Review

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