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Structure of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1.
Biochemistry - 21 Dec 1993
Prasad G S, Earhart C A, Murray D L, Novick R P, Schlievert P M, Ohlendorf D H
Abstract excerpt
The three-dimensional structure of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) from Staphylococcus aureus has been determined and refined to an R value of 0.226 for data between 8- and 2.5-A resolution. Overall, the structure of TSST-1 is similar to that of another superantigen, staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB). The key differences between these molecules are in the amino termini and in the degree to which a long...
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