Clarifying the Mechanism of Superantigen Toxicity

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John D. Fraser

* E-mail: jd.fraser@auckland.ac.nz

Affiliation The Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery and School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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