Basic streptococcal superantigens (SPEX/SMEZ or SPEC) are responsible for the mitogenic activity of the so-called mitogenic factor (MF)

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 209-216

  Gerlach, Dieter ^a   Schmidt, Karl Hermann ^a   Fleischer, Bernhard ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mitogenic factor; Streptococcus; Streptodornase; Superantigen

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; EXOTOXIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; STREPTODORNASE; SUPERANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MITOGENESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0035039396     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(01)00220-6     Document Type: Article

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