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Subsets of HLA-DR1 molecules defined by SEB and TSST-1 binding.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 16 Dec 1994
Thibodeau J, Cloutier I, Lavoie P M, Labrecque N, Mourad W, Jardetzky T, Sékaly R P
Abstract excerpt
Superantigens bind to major histocompatibility complex class II molecules on antigen-presenting cells and stimulate T cells. Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B (SEB) and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) bind to the same region of human lymphocyte antigen (HLA)-DR1 but do not compete with each other, which indicates that they bind to different subsets of DR1 molecules. Here, a mutation in the peptide-binding...
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