title: Mechanisms of pathogenesis of staphylococcal and streptococcal superantigens.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Microbiology, Minneapolis 55455-0312, USA.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Rago
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Schlievert
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000276:immunology; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000276:immunology*; D018089:Superantigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C117980:SpeA protein, Streptococcus pyogenes; D018089:Superantigens; C027951:erythrogenic toxin