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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Translational Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/8/1/2 |