A second IgG-binding protein in Staphylococcus aureus

doi:10.1099/00221287-144-4-985

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A second IgG-binding protein in Staphylococcus aureus

1 Apr 1998

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Most strains of Staphylococcus aureus express IgG-binding activity and this binding has been considered to be solely mediated by protein A. However, the existence of a second gene in S. aureus strain 8325-4 encoding an IgG-binding polypeptide was recently reported. This novel IgG-binding polypeptide was found after panning a shotgun phage display library, made from chromosomal DNA, against immobilized human IgG....

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