The structure of superantigen complexed with TCR and MHC reveals novel insights into superantigenic T cell activation

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Saline, Maria ^a   Rödström, Karin E J ^a   Fischer, Gerhard ^a   Orekhov, Vladislav Yu ^a   Karlsson, B Göran ^a   Lindkvist Petersson, Karin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN H; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TERNARY COMPLEX FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650074574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1117     Document Type: Article

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