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Staphylococcal enterotoxins.

N Balaban, A Rasooly

Journal: International journal of food microbiology 2001;61(1):1-10

PMID: 11028954

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Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that produces a wide array of toxins, thus causing various types of disease symptoms. Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs), a family of nine major serological types of heat stable enterotoxins, are a leading cause of gastroenteritis resulting from consumption of contaminated food. In addition, SEs are powerful superantigens that stimulate non-specific T-cell proliferation. SEs share close phylogenetic relationships, with similar structures and activities. Here we review the structure and function of each known enterotoxin.

Address: Department of Medical Pathology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1605(00)00377-9

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MeSH Terms: Amino Acid Sequence, Antigens, Bacterial, Enterotoxins, Food Contamination, Gastroenteritis, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Sequence Alignment, Staphylococcal Food Poisoning, Staphylococcus aureus, Superantigens, T-Lymphocytes
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