egc, a highly prevalent operon of enterotoxin gene, forms a putative nursery of superantigens in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 669-677

  Jarraud, S ^a   Peyrat, M A ^a   Lim, A ^a   Tristan, A ^a   Bes, M ^a   Mougel, C ^a   Etienne, J ^a   Vandenesch, F ^a   Bonneville, M ^a   Lina, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035169153     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.1.669     Document Type: Article

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