Role of Protein A in the Evasion of Host Adaptive Immune Responses by <named-content content-type="genus-species">Staphylococcus aureus</named-content>

ABSTRACT Heritable defects in human B cell/antibody development are not associated with increased susceptibility to Staphylococcus aureus infection. Protein A (SpA), a surface molecule of S. aureus, binds the Fcγ domain of immunoglobulin (Ig) and cross-links the Fab domain of VH3-type B cell recepto...

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Main Authors: Fabiana Falugi, Hwan Keun Kim, Dominique M. Missiakas, Olaf Schneewind
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a05a2e6c0daa423e9e37419b41925bee
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