Identification and characterization of staphylococcal enterotoxin types G and I from Staphylococcus aureus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3337-3348

  Munson, Sibyl H ^a,b   Tremaine, Mary T ^a,c   Betley, Marsha J ^a   Welch, Rodney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031815887     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.7.3337-3348.1998     Document Type: Article

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