Microbial superantigens: From structure to function

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 369-375

  Papageorgiou, Anastassios C ^a,b   Acharya, K Ravi ^a  

^a University of Bath ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b TURKU CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOKINE; ENTEROTOXIN; EXOTOXIN; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; ZINC;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; BINDING SITE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROBIAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VIRUSES; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034254854     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(00)01793-5     Document Type: Review

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