Interplay between superantigens and immunoreceptors

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-355

  Petersson, K ^a,b   Forsberg, G ^a   Walse, B ^a  

^a Active Biotech Research AB   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MITOGENIC AGENT; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN BINDING; BETA CHAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 1842633622     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-9475.2004.01404.x     Document Type: Review

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