Extracellular adherence protein (Eap) from Staphylococcus aureus does not function as a superantigen

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1155-1158

  Haggar, A ^a   Flock, J I ^b   Norrby Teglund, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bare lymphocyte syndrome (BLS); Extracellular adherence proteins; Staphylococcus aureus; Superantigen; T cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXTRACELLULAR ADHERENCE PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; SUPERANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EAP-N PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BARE LYMPHOCYTE SYNDROME; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PATHOGENICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77955164919     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03058.x     Document Type: Article

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