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Staphylococcus aureus Multiplexes Death-Effector Deoxyribonucleosides to Neutralize Phagocytes
10 Mar 2022
Abstract excerpt
Adenosine synthase A (AdsA) is a key virulence factor of Staphylococcus aureus, a dangerous microbe that causes fatal diseases in humans. Together with staphylococcal nuclease, AdsA generates deoxyadenosine (dAdo) from neutrophil extracellular DNA traps thereby igniting caspase-3-dependent cell death in host immune cells that aim at penetrating infectious foci. Powered by a multi-technological approach, we here...
