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Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin is a superantigen reactive with human T cell receptors V beta 6.9 and V beta 22.
1 Sept 1992
Abstract excerpt
Candidate superantigens were screened for their ability to induce lysis of human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen class II-positive targets by human CD8+ influenza-specific cytotoxic T cell (CTL) lines. Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPET) induced major histocompatibility complex unrestricted killing by some but not all CTL lines. Using "anchored" polymerase chain reactions, CPET was shown to...
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