A Giant Extracellular Matrix Binding Protein of <italic toggle="yes">Staphylococcus epidermidis</italic> Binds Surface-Immobilized Fibronectin via a Novel Mechanism

A Giant Extracellular Matrix Binding Protein of <italic toggle="yes">Staphylococcus epidermidis</italic> Binds Surface-Immobilized Fibronectin via a Novel Mechanism

ABSTRACT Although it is normally an innocuous part of the human skin microbiota, Staphylococcus epidermidis has emerged as a major nosocomial pathogen, and implanted foreign materials are an essential risk factor for the development of an infection. The extraordinary efficiency of S. epidermidis to...

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Main Authors: Henning Büttner, Markus Perbandt, Thomas Kohler, Alexey Kikhney, Manuel Wolters, Martin Christner, Marisol Heise, Jérôme Wilde, Samira Weißelberg, Anna Both, Christian Betzel, Sven Hammerschmidt, Dmitri Svergun, Martin Aepfelbacher, Holger Rohde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-10-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Staphylococcus
biofilms
fibronectin binding
surface proteins
surface structures
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01612-20

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01612-20

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