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Blood
Article . 2013 . Peer-reviewed
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Blood
Article . 2013
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Genetic elimination of the binding motif on fibrinogen for the S. aureus virulence factor ClfA improves host survival in septicemia

Authors: Jay L. Degen; Matthew J. Flick; Xinli Du; Joseph S. Palumbo; Harini Raghu; Joni M. Prasad; Emanuel Smeds; +1 Authors

Genetic elimination of the binding motif on fibrinogen for the S. aureus virulence factor ClfA improves host survival in septicemia

Abstract

Key PointsEliminating the binding motif on fibrinogen for ClfA, but not leukocyte integrin Mac-1, improves host survival in Staphylococcus aureus septicemia.

Keywords

Coagulase, Mice, Knockout, Staphylococcus aureus, Binding Sites, Virulence, Fibrinogen, Macrophage-1 Antigen, Staphylococcal Infections, Afibrinogenemia, Flow Cytometry, Bacterial Adhesion, Survival Rate, Mice, Sepsis, Animals, Cytokines

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popularity
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impulse
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