Antibody response to fibronectin-binding adhesin FnbpA in patients with Staphylococcus aureus infections

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5433-5442

  Casolini, Fabrizia ^a   Visai, Livia ^a   Joh, Danny ^b   Conaldi, Pier Giulio ^a   Toniolo, Antonio ^a   Höök, Magnus ^b   Speziale, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; FIBRONECTIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COVALENT BOND; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0032411670     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.11.5433-5442.1998     Document Type: Article

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