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Interaction of Staphylococcus aureus toxin "superantigens" with human T cells.

Year: 1989

Type: article

Abstract: A modification of the polymerase chain reaction has been used to establish the fact that a collection of Staphylococcus aureus toxins are "superantigens," each of which interacts with the T-cell alpha beta receptor of human T cells by means of a specific set of V beta elements.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.22.8941

Authors: Y W Choi, B Kotzin, L Herron, J Callahan, P Marrack, J Kappler

Institution: Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Language: English

Topic: T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Subfield: Immunology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: American Cancer Society, National Institutes of Health