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Peptidoglycan Contribution to the B Cell Superantigen Activity of Staphylococcal Protein A

Staphylococcus aureus causes reiterative and chronic persistent infections. This can be explained by the formidable ability of this pathogen to escape immune surveillance mechanisms. Cells of S. aureus display the abundant staphylococcal protein A (SpA). SpA binds to immunoglobulin (Ig) molecules an...

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Autores principales: Shi, Miaomiao, Willing, Stephanie E., Kim, Hwan Keun, Schneewind, Olaf, Missiakas, Dominique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8092194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33879590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00039-21