A quantitative real time PCR method to analyze T cell receptor Vβ subgroup expansion by staphylococcal superantigens

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs), SE-like (SEl) toxins, and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1), produced by <it>Staphylococcus aureus</it>, belong to the subgroup of microbial superantigens (SAgs). SAgs induce clonal...

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Main Authors: Terman David S, Park Joo Youn, Seo Keun Seok, Bohach Gregory A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
Online Access:http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/8/1/2