Novel staphylococcal glycosyltransferases SdgA and SdgB mediate immunogenicity and protection of virulence-associated cell wall proteins.

Novel staphylococcal glycosyltransferases SdgA and SdgB mediate immunogenicity and protection of virulence-associated cell wall proteins.

Infection of host tissues by Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis requires an unusual family of staphylococcal adhesive proteins that contain long stretches of serine-aspartate dipeptide-repeats (SDR). The prototype member of this family is clumping factor A (ClfA), a key virulence factor that m...

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Main Authors: Wouter L W Hazenbos, Kimberly K Kajihara, Richard Vandlen, J Hiroshi Morisaki, Sophie M Lehar, Mark J Kwakkenbos, Tim Beaumont, Arjen Q Bakker, Qui Phung, Lee R Swem, Satish Ramakrishnan, Janice Kim, Min Xu, Ishita M Shah, Binh An Diep, Tao Sai, Andrew Sebrell, Yana Khalfin, Angela Oh, Chris Koth, S Jack Lin, Byoung-Chul Lee, Magnus Strandh, Klaus Koefoed, Peter S Andersen, Hergen Spits, Eric J Brown, Man-Wah Tan, Sanjeev Mariathasan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3794999?pdf=render

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