Mutational analysis of the superantigen staphylococcal exfoliative toxin A (ETA)

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2207-2213

  Rago, James V ^a   Vath, Gregory M ^a   Bohach, Gregory A ^b   Ohlendorf, Douglas H ^a   Schlievert, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 0034652039     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.4.2207     Document Type: Article

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