High Resolution Mapping of Bactericidal Monoclonal Antibody Binding Epitopes on Staphylococcus aureus Antigen MntC.

The Staphylococcus aureus manganese transporter protein MntC is under investigation as a component of a prophylactic S.aureus vaccine. Passive immunization with monoclonal antibodies mAB 305-78-7 and mAB 305-101-8 produced using MntC was shown to significantly reduce S. aureus burden in an infant ra...

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Main Authors: Alexey V Gribenko, Kevin Parris, Lidia Mosyak, Sheng Li, Luke Handke, Julio C Hawkins, Elena Severina, Yury V Matsuka, Annaliesa S Anderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5045189?pdf=render