Wall teichoic acids prevent antibody binding to epitopes within the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-30

  Gautam, Samir ^a   Kim, Taehan ^b   Lester, Evan ^b   Deep, Deeksha ^b   Spiegel, David A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN A; TEICHOIC ACID; TUNICAMYCIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM;

ANTIBODIES; CELL WALL; EPITOPES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84955166863     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.5b00439     Document Type: Article

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