Molecular analysis of staphylococcal superantigens

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 391, Issue , 2007, Pages 113-126

  Schlievert, Patrick M ^a   Case, Laura C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Necrotizing pneumonia; Purpura fulminans; Staphylococcus aureus; Superantigens; Toxic shock syndrome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 36549066550     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-468-0:113     Document Type: Article

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