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A quantitative real time PCR method to analyze T cell receptor Vβ subgroup expansion by staphylococcal superantigens
13 Jan 2010
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs), SE-like (SEl) toxins, and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1), produced by Staphylococcus aureus, belong to the subgroup of microbial superantigens (SAgs). SAgs induce clonal proliferation of T cells bearing specific variable regions of the T cell receptor beta chain (Vbeta). Quantitative real time PCR (qRT-PCR) has become widely accepted for rapid and reproducible...
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