Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Germline-encoded neutralization of a Staphylococcus aureus virulence factor by the human antibody repertoire

  • Yik Andy Yeung,
  • Davide Foletti,
  • Xiaodi Deng,
  • Yasmina Abdiche,
  • Pavel Strop,
  • Jacob Glanville,
  • Steven Pitts,
  • Kevin Lindquist,
  • Purnima D. Sundar,
  • Marina Sirota,
  • Adela Hasa-Moreno,
  • Amber Pham,
  • Jody Melton Witt,
  • Irene Ni,
  • Jaume Pons,
  • David Shelton,
  • Arvind Rajpal,
  • Javier Chaparro-Riggers

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13376
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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