Structural insights into SraP-mediated Staphylococcus aureus adhesion to host cells.

Staphylococcus aureus, a Gram-positive bacterium causes a number of devastating human diseases, such as infective endocarditis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis and sepsis. S. aureus SraP, a surface-exposed serine-rich repeat glycoprotein (SRRP), is required for the pathogenesis of human infective en...

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Main Authors: Yi-Hu Yang, Yong-Liang Jiang, Juan Zhang, Lei Wang, Xiao-Hui Bai, Shi-Jie Zhang, Yan-Min Ren, Na Li, Yong-Hui Zhang, Zhiyong Zhang, Qingguo Gong, Yide Mei, Ting Xue, Jing-Ren Zhang, Yuxing Chen, Cong-Zhao Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4047093?pdf=render