| Literature DB >> 23803901 |
Rebecca A Brady1, Christopher P Mocca, Drusilla L Burns.
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The staphylococcal adhesin clumping factor A (ClfA) has a variant amino acid sequence, generating the potential for alterations in epitope structure and immunogenicity of this vaccine candidate. We demonstrated for two recombinant ClfA(40-531) (a slightly truncated version of the fibrinogen-binding domain of ClfA containing amino acids 40 to 531) genetic variants that strain-specific epitopes are immunodominant. This work indicates that immune responses elicited by ClfA may, at least in part, be dependent on the strain of origin of the ClfA.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23803901 PMCID: PMC3754511 DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00275-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Vaccine Immunol ISSN: 1556-679X