Staphylococcal enterotoxin-like X (SElX) is a unique superantigen with functional features of two major families of staphylococcal virulence factors

Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen that produces many virulence factors. Two major families of which are the staphylococcal superantigens (SAgs) and the Staphylococcal Superantigen-Like (SSL) exoproteins. The former are immunomodulatory toxins that induce a Vβ-specific activation of...

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Published in:PLoS Pathog
Main Authors: Langley, Ries J., Ting, Yi Tian, Clow, Fiona, Young, Paul G., Radcliff, Fiona J., Choi, Jeong Min, Sequeira, Richard P., Holtfreter, Silva, Baker, Heather, Fraser, John D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5589262/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28880913
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006549
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