Human viral superantigens: To be or not to be transactivated?

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 238-239

  Lafon, Monique ^a   Jouvin Marche, Evelyne ^b   Marche, Patrice N ^b   Perron, Hervé ^c   Woodland, David L ^d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

^d TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABIES VIRUS; RETROVIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSACTIVATION; VIRION; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036570677     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4906(02)02207-X     Document Type: Letter

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