A mutational analysis of the binding of staphylococcal enterotoxins B and C3 to the T cell receptor β chain and major histocompatibility complex class II

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 823-833

  Leder, Lukas ^a   Llera, Andrea ^a   Lavoie, Pascal M ^b   Lebedeva, Marina I ^a   Li, Hongmin ^a   Sékaly, Rafick Pierre ^b   Bohach, Gregory A ^c   Gahr, Pamala J ^d   Schlievert, Patrick M ^d   Karjalainen, Klaus ^e   Mariuzza, Roy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ENTEROTOXINS; HLA-DR1 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032536834     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.6.823     Document Type: Article

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