"Staphylococcal Protein A" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A protein present in the cell wall of most Staphylococcus aureus strains. The protein selectively binds to the Fc region of human normal and myeloma-derived IMMUNOGLOBULIN G. It elicits antibody activity and may cause hypersensitivity reactions due to histamine release; has also been used as cell surface antigen marker and in the clinical assessment of B lymphocyte function.
| Descriptor ID |
D013205
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.097.820 D23.050.161.821
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Staphylococcal Protein A" by people in Profiles.
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Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a single large Minnesota medical center in 2015 as assessed using MLST, core genome MLST and spa typing. PLoS One. 2017; 12(6):e0179003.