Staphylococcal exfoliative toxin B specifically cleaves desmoglein 1

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 845-850

  Amagai, Masayuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Takayuki ^b   Hanakawa, Yasushi ^c   Nishifuji, Koji ^a   Sugai, Motoyuki ^b   Stanley, John R ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Impetigo; Pemphigus foliaceus; Skin infection; SSSS

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; EXFOLIATIN; EXFOLIATIN A; EXFOLIATIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDERMIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPETIGO BULLOSA; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036091197     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.01751.x     Document Type: Article

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