Article
Genomic composition and allelic polymorphisms influence V beta usage by the Mycoplasma arthritidis superantigen.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Apr 1993
Cole B C, Balderas R A, Ahmed E A, Kono D, Theofilopoulos A N
Abstract excerpt
The Mycoplasma arthritidis superantigen (MAM) is produced by an organism that causes systemic disease in rodents leading to chronic proliferative arthritis. MAM is a typical superantigen that requires presentation to T cells by MHC molecules without processing and T cell recognition of MAM occurs...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Arthritis, Infectious
- H-2 Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mycoplasma
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
