Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus employs the cysteine protease staphopain A to induce host cell death in epithelial cells.
Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen, which can invade and survive in non-professional and professional phagocytes. Uptake by host cells is thought to contribute to pathogenicity and persistence of the bacterium. Upon internalization by epithelial cells, cytotoxic S. aureus strains can es...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/016ce96c8f4e4388a9897eb4c96ddd96 |
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