Staphylococcal enterotoxins

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Balaban, Naomi ^a   Rasooly, Avraham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterotoxin; Human pathogen; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERMOSTABILITY; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034307973     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(00)00377-9     Document Type: Review

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