The streptococcal superantigen SMEZ exhibits wide allelic variation, mosaic structure, and significant antigenic variation

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1765-1776

  Proft, Thomas ^a   Moffatt, S Louise ^a   Weller, Kylie D ^a   Paterson, A ^a   Martin, Diana ^b   Fraser, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antigen variation; Gene mosaic; Multiple allelic variation; Streptococcal exotoxin; Superantigen

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ALLELES; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MOSAICISM; NEW ZEALAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERANTIGENS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034658411     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.10.1765     Document Type: Article

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