Crystal structure of a dimeric form of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SpeA1)

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2285-2290

  Baker, Matthew D ^a   Gendlina, Inessa ^b   Collins, Carleen M ^c   Acharya, K Ravi ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

MHC class II molecule; Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A1; Superantigen; T cell receptor; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; DIMER; EXOTOXIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MONOMER; STREPTOCOCCAL PYROGENIC EXOTOXIN A; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCARLET FEVER; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDES; EXOTOXINS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4344567024     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04826804     Document Type: Article

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