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Characterization and distribution of a new enterotoxin-related superantigen produced by Staphylococcus aureus.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Abe J, Ito Y, Onimaru M, Kohsaka T, Takeda T
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) are a family of structurally related pyrogenic exotoxins consisting of the five prototypic SEs (types A to E) and three newly characterized SEs (types G to I) produced by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). They also work as superantigens and cause food poisoning and shock symptoms in humans. In this study, we cloned a new variant gene of the seg and characterized its...
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