Structural dichotomy of Staphylococcal enterotoxin C superantigens leading to MHC class II-independent activation of T lymphocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2107-2114

  Lamphear, James G ^a   Bohach, Gregory A ^b   Rich, Robert R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ALLERGY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENTEROTOXINS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032031454     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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