Adhesion, invasion and evasion: The many functions of the surface proteins of Staphylococcus aureus

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-62

  Foster, Timothy J ^a   Geoghegan, Joan A ^a   Ganesh, Vannakambadi K ^b   Höök, Magnus ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BONE SIALOPROTEIN; CELL WALL ANCHORED PROTEIN; CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; CLUMPING FACTOR A; CLUMPING FACTOR B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1R; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S; COMPLEMENT FACTOR I; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOCONJUGATE; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 17; INVOLUCRIN; IRON REGULATED SURFACE PROTEIN A; IRON REGULATED SURFACE PROTEIN B; LORICRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN A; SERINE ASPARTATE REPEAT PROTEIN C; SERINE ASPARTATE REPEAT PROTEIN D; SERINE ASPARTATE REPEAT PROTEIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE EVASION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERNALIZATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TRIPLE HELIX;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84890522378     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3161     Document Type: Review

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