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Host-specialized fibrinogen-binding by a bacterial surface protein promotes biofilm formation and innate immune evasion by Pickering, Amy C, Vitry, Pauline, Prystopiuk, Valeriia, Garcia, Brandon, Höök, Magnus, Schoenebeck, Jeffrey, Geoghegan, Joan A, Dufrêne, Yves F, Fitzgerald, J Ross

“…Fibrinogen is an essential part of the blood coagulation cascade and a major component of the extracellular matrix in mammals. The interface between fibrinogen…”
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Diversity and pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus from bovine mastitis: current understanding and future perspectives by Campos, Bruno, Pickering, Amy C, Rocha, Lis Souza, Aguilar, Ananda Pereira, Fabres-Klein, Mary Hellen, de Oliveira Mendes, Tiago Antônio, Fitzgerald, J Ross, de Oliveira Barros Ribon, Andrea

“…Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of bovine mastitis worldwide. Despite some improved understanding of disease pathogenesis, progress towards new…”
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The Role of Gram-Positive Surface Proteins in Bacterial Niche- and Host-Specialization by Pickering, Amy C, Fitzgerald, J Ross

“…Gram-positive bacterial pathogens have an array of proteins on their cell surface that mediate interactions with the host environment. In particular, bacterial…”
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RNase III CLASH in MRSA uncovers sRNA regulatory networks coupling metabolism to toxin expression by McKellar, Stuart W., Ivanova, Ivayla, Arede, Pedro, Zapf, Rachel L., Mercier, Noémie, Chu, Liang-Cui, Mediati, Daniel G., Pickering, Amy C., Briaud, Paul, Foster, Robert G., Kudla, Grzegorz, Fitzgerald, J. Ross, Caldelari, Isabelle, Carroll, Ronan K., Tree, Jai J., Granneman, Sander

“…Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial pathogen responsible for significant human morbidity and mortality. Post-transcriptional…”
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Staphylococcus aureus Lipase 1 Enhances Influenza A Virus Replication by Goncheva, Mariya I, Conceicao, Carina, Tuffs, Stephen W, Lee, Hui-Min, Quigg-Nicol, Marlynne, Bennet, Ian, Sargison, Fiona, Pickering, Amy C, Hussain, Saira, Gill, Andrew C, Dutia, Bernadette M, Digard, Paul, Fitzgerald, J Ross

“…Influenza A virus (IAV) causes annual epidemics of respiratory disease in humans, often complicated by secondary coinfection with bacterial pathogens such as…”
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Population Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Reveals a Cryptic, Highly Prevalent Superantigen SElW That Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Bacteremia by Vrieling, Manouk, Tuffs, Stephen W, Yebra, Gonzalo, van Smoorenburg, Marleen Y, Alves, Joana, Pickering, Amy C, Park, Joo Youn, Park, Nogi, Heinrichs, David E, Benedictus, Lindert, Connelley, Timothy, Seo, Keun Seok, McCormick, John K, Fitzgerald, J Ross

“…Staphylococcal superantigens (SAgs) are a family of secreted toxins that stimulate T cell activation and are associated with an array of diseases in humans and…”
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Evolutionary and Functional Analysis of Coagulase Positivity among the Staphylococci by Pickering, Amy C, Yebra, Gonzalo, Gong, Xiangyu, Goncheva, Mariya I, Wee, Bryan A, MacFadyen, Alison C, Muehlbauer, Lukas F, Alves, Joana, Cartwright, Robyn A, Paterson, Gavin K, Fitzgerald, J Ross

“…The bacterial genus Staphylococcus comprises a large group of pathogenic and nonpathogenic species associated with an array of host species. Staphylococci are…”
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A case report: insights into reducing plastic waste in a microbiology laboratory by Alves, Joana, Sargison, Fiona A, Stawarz, Hanne, Fox, Willow B, Huete, Samuel G, Hassan, Amany, McTeir, Brian, Pickering, Amy C

“…Single-use plastics have often replaced more sustainable materials in microbiology laboratories. Keeping in mind that one of the objectives of the United…”
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