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Sequence diversity in the A domain of Staphylococcus aureus fibronectin-binding protein A

BACKGROUND: Fibronectin-binding protein A (FnBPA) mediates adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to fibronectin, fibrinogen and elastin. We previously reported that S. aureus strain P1 encodes an FnBPA protein where the fibrinogen/elastin-binding domain (A domain) is substantially divergent in amino aci...

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Autores principales: Loughman, Anthony, Sweeney, Tara, Keane, Fiona M, Pietrocola, Giampiero, Speziale, Pietro, Foster, Timothy J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2390562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18466610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-74