Differential Gene Expression of Cutaneous Cells Upon Exposure to Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B (SEB) Superantigen
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Mutations defining functional regions of the superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) is both a superantigen and toxin. As a superantigen, SEB can bind to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules to form a ligand for alpha/beta T cell receptors bearing particular V beta elements. As a toxin, SEB causes rapid weight loss in mice sometimes leading to death. We show here that both of these functions map to the NH2-terminal portion...
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عنوان ژورنال: The FASEB Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0892-6638,1530-6860
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.667.1