An inflammatory polypeptide complex from Staphylococcus epidermidis: Isolation and characterization

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 907-917

  Mehlin, Christopher ^a   Headley, Catherine M ^a   Klebanoff, Seymour J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV 1 long terminal repeat; Inflammatory polypeptide; Nuclear factor B; Phenol soluble modulin; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; HIV LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NF-KAPPA B; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 0033559244     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.6.907     Document Type: Article

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