| The ability of staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE) type Cs (SEC1, SEC2, and SEC3) to stimulate T cells is dependent on the variable ;The model of the SEC/V;SEC1, SEC-bovine, and SEC-ovine are the most closely related of the SE type Cs (greater than 97% amino acid indentity). However, each toxin is uniquely associated with a different host species (human, bovine, and ovine respectively). A quantitative PCR technique was developed to detect bovine V;SEC1 stimulated human T cells bearing V... |
